[Info-vax] ZIP+4

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qapkro$asf$1 at reader2.panix.com>, Tim Sneddon
<tsneddon at panix.com> writes: 

> Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> > We are using a service via internet for address validation which also 
> > returns geo location I believe.  Communications are via HTTPS, though 
> > why anyone demands the "S" for data that is freely available is a bit of 
> > a mystery to me.
> 
> The data may be freely available, but the fact that you are looking at it
> can be used as a part of a larger information gathering exercise.

Yes.  And, theoretically, you might be the victim of fake data due to 
spoofing.