Mechanism · Chip location verification
Added delay can shift an estimated position
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SignificantDemonstrated attackOpen
Brass and Aarne cite internet-geolocation research in which artificially increased round-trip times moved the estimated location by up to 1,000 km, with a 74% chance of avoiding detection 1. Avellar and Grunewald list inflated ping times from circuitous routing as an evasion route 4. Added delay only loosens a distance bound, and Brass and Aarne propose a hard time limit as the counter: a chip that replies too slowly cannot be ruled out of a restricted location 1.