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Types of Anonymous IPs and How They Affect Your Business

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Miguel Atienza
January 24, 2019

Anonymous IP addresses (sometimes incorrectly generalized as “proxies”) serve to hide a web user’s true IP address and obfuscate their geolocation. There are legitimate reasons, usually related to …

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IP Geolocation and Network Data

We Are Listening: Latitude and Longitude Will Remain in the GeoLite2 Databases

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the team at MaxMind
April 11, 2018

Earlier this year, we announced our plans to discontinue the GeoLite Legacy databases. As part of sharing that decision with you, we mentioned that we would be removing latitude and longitude …

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Online Fraud Detection

Rising E-Commerce Fraud Trends and How to Combat Them

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the team at MaxMind
March 22, 2018

The global e-commerce market size grew to a record $2.2 trillion in 2017, and there are no signs of a slowdown in 2018 , as more and more people turn to the virtual marketplace for their shopping …

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Online Fraud Detection

MaxMind's Event Guide for This Year's MRC Vegas

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the team at MaxMind
February 28, 2018

MRC Vegas 2018 is March 19 - 22 at the Aria Resort and Casino, and MaxMind has some great events scheduled to help you connect with us throughout the conference.

Here’s how you can connect with …

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Online Fraud Detection

MaxMind and Shopify to Speak About Account Takeover at MRC Vegas

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the team at MaxMind
January 24, 2018

MaxMind will be presenting alongside Shopify at the Merchant Risk Council’s flagship fraud prevention conference, MRC Vegas, Tuesday, March 20, from 2:15pm – 3pm.

Jenn Sessler , MaxMind’s Director …

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IP Geolocation and Network Data

Discontinuation of the GeoLite Legacy Databases

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the team at MaxMind
January 2, 2018

Important Update April 11, 2018

Latitude and Longitude Will Remain in the GeoLite2 Databases.


Free and open source code has been part of MaxMind’s technical and organizational foundation since our …

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