Quote from: coins101 on March 02, 2016, 09:25:41 PM

Quote from: georgem on March 02, 2016, 09:06:41 PM

Regarding more privacy-centric Big data methologies:

Let's discuss IP 2 Geolocation conversions and how useful/acurate they are.

http://spreadcointalk.org/index.php?topic=750.0

Some context:

My primary interest is IP geolocation data related to mobile SPVs. That's where I see the really big value in Big data.

In theory, we should be able to deploy 'let this app use my location' which is accurate to within a few meters.

User money spending habits + location = holy grail for, erm, everyone.

Yes, I'm aware of that. Including SPV nodes increases the reach of the "scanned area".

But then, as a precaution, should we even communicate to the outside world (big data market) if a user was sitting behind a mobile SPV or a desktop pc's full node or whatever other means of access he used?

We shouldn't.

But back to geolocation: is this really accurate within a few meters? Maybe in some urban areas, but this can fluctuate wildly.