Back in 2002, a company called MaxMind had an idea: Gather up as many unique computer or smartphone IP addresses as they can, match them to a map, and sell that data to advertisers. The problem, as ...
WICHITA, Kan. (CN) — An Internet protocol company turned a Kansas family’s idyllic farm life into a “digital hell,” assigning 600 million IP addresses to their property, ...
A couple in the US has been described as living in a ‘digital hell’ and now plans to sue an IP location company over an error that has led to 600m addresses being ...
“The acreage is quiet and remote: a farm, a pasture, an old orchard, two barns, and a two-storey house,” investigative reporter Kashmir Hill describes. “It’s the kind of place you move to if you want ...
For the last five years, James and Theresa Arnold have been accused of hacking email accounts, stealing identities, committing tax fraud, harassing people, and stealing bitcoin. James was accused of ...
In May 2011, James and Theresa Arnold moved into a century-old home in rural Kansas with their two sons. They rented the home because it was near their son’s school and Theresa’s mother’s nursing home ...
James and Theresa Arnold have said they’s suffered years of “digital hell” thanks to the inaccuracies created by an IP mapping company. The company in question is MaxMind, and the firm aims to match ...
A couple who say that a company has registered their home as the position of more than 600 million IP addresses are suing the company for $75,000. James and Theresa Arnold, who live on a farm near ...
A two-hour drive from the geographic center of the United States sits a quiet farmhouse near Potwin, Kansas. Joyce Vogelman Taylor’s grandfather built the house in 1902, and her father spent 85 years ...
Ever since James and Theresa Arnold moved into their rented 623-acre farm in Butler County, Kansas, in March 2011, they have seen “countless” law enforcement officials and individuals turning up at ...