This reminded me of the MaxMind story a few years ago, when they used some family farm in Kansas as the default location when they couldn't find a match for an IP.
If I recall correctly, it was a case of "we can tell this is in the US, but not where... so we return the center of the US with a _radius of error_ that encompasses the entire country"... and then a bunch of people who look at the location but not the radius. I seem to recall it happened with law enforcement more than once; which could lead to dangerous results.
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This reminded me of the MaxMind story a few years ago, when they used some family farm in Kansas as the default location when they couldn't find a match for an IP.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/09/maxmind-m...
If I recall correctly, it was a case of "we can tell this is in the US, but not where... so we return the center of the US with a _radius of error_ that encompasses the entire country"... and then a bunch of people who look at the location but not the radius. I seem to recall it happened with law enforcement more than once; which could lead to dangerous results.