docs(self-hosting): say that the offline tier alone does not stop the lookup

The resolver is online-first, so mounting the databases fills the ASN
and carrier but does not by itself keep login IPs on the host. Point at
the IP_GEO_LOOKUP_DISABLED section that does.
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@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ next to every sign-in. Two tiers can produce that:
keyless, and on by default — which also means every login IP address of
every account on the instance leaves the host.
- **Offline.** MaxMind's GeoLite2-City and GeoLite2-ASN databases read
from a local directory. Nothing leaves the host, and the ASN database
is the authoritative source for the carrier.
from a local directory. The ASN database is the authoritative source
for the carrier and the AS number. Note that the resolver is
online-first: having the databases in place is not by itself enough to
stop the outbound lookup, see "Turning the online lookup off entirely"
below.
The offline tier is optional and absent by default. The published image
only carries the databases when the image build had a MaxMind licence key