The Glitch That Kept Sending The FBI To A Tiny Kansas Farm

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Summary by Krater

This video explains how a mapping glitch caused IP geolocation provider MaxMind to assign millions of IP addresses to a farm in Kansas, leading to years of harassment for the family living there.

From the video

Answers: Why did law enforcement keep searching a random farm in Kansas for stolen items and missing people?

IP geolocation
MaxMind mapping glitch
IP address allocation
Internet mapping errors

What it concludes

MaxMind assigned the center of the United States coordinates of 38°N 97°W when it could not narrow down a specific location.
Over 600 million IP addresses were mapped to the Arnolds' farm in Kansas due to a mapping glitch.
Law enforcement and companies repeatedly targeted the Arnolds' farm because default IP locations defaulted to their property.

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