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One couple in the United States are now suing a company that provides physical world location based on IP addresses as their residence has been the target of countless investigations due to the company's services.
MaxMind has reportedly based their default location for unsolvable IP addresses and it has led to many visits from authorities who seem to think that crimes are linked to the couple's home. James and Therese Arnold are now suing the company for $75,000 for making their stay at their home a "digital hell" for several years now, BBC News has learned.
While MaxMind has said that their geolocation IP addresses service is not reliable, many authorities and investigators still pick up leads based on their services. In most of the cases that have no definite physical address that is generated, they are pinpointed to the Arnold's household.
For half a decade, their home has been pestered by countless investigators and policemen who were always looking for something in their residence due to the IP address locations they have received. The Arnolds said that the visits occurred at all times in a day.
One of the first cases that were linked with the Arnold's home is a stolen truck. Two deputies from the Butler County Sheriff's Department checked the home for the said vehicle when the Arnold's recently moved in five years ago.
MaxMind is now being sued by the Arnolds due to their "reckless and grossly negligent conduct," Inquirer reported. It is not clear as to why the Arnolds are just now suing the company when they have been frequently visited by authorities for the last half decade or so.
All sorts of criminal cases were linked with the Arnolds' residence. Some of the cases include identity theft, fraud, scamming and spamming.
Several investigators reportedly even scouted the place and took photos as they believed the home was part of elaborate organized crime. There were even reports of attempted suicides linked to the place due to the misplaced IP address geolocations.
MaxMind has not yet commented on the recent lawsuit against them. The company has now placed the default geolocations of inaccurate IP addresses to bodies of water to prevent such events from happening again.
