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I recall a similar phenomenon some years before the pandemic, where Google Maps (?) continually led streams of angry humans to a particular person's residence. I've not succeeded in pulling up the reference, unfortunately.

I can only imagine how much it must suck to be at the blunt end of such MegaCorp oversights.

It's pretty similar to this Reply-All episode:

#53: In the Desert: Strangers keep coming to Mike and Christina’s house looking for their stolen cell phones. Nobody knows why. We travel to Atlanta to find out what’s going on, in our thorniest Super Tech Support yet.

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/n8hodm/

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