The new VPN and its locations

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What is happening with the VPN and being able to rely upon the locations for actually being the location? The last I read, and I think this was several months ago, the servers were still being built out, but it's been a while now.

For instance, "Americas" is still really "Europe," 100% of the time that I've seen.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @rseiler last edited by

@rseiler You are basing that info on what? If it is because some sites incorrectly saying that the connection is from a different place, it's because most just try to guess the user location.

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@leocg In an earlier thread, which I am unable to find, a mod said basically what I had said earlier, that everything was still in transition and the locations are being added slowly, so for now much of it would be European-based.

All the sites can't be inaccurate, however. Do you know which one is accurate? I do know that almost all of them know exactly where I am when the VPN is off....

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @rseiler last edited by

@rseiler As far as I know, all servers are up and running. The fact that you see other regions besides Europe shows that (When that was said, only Europe was listed).

I don't know what sites are accurate. This page for example says that the VPN server may be form USA, Unknow or Europe depending on the source checked.

[A Former User]

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All servers are up and running? Really?
Then why am I still getting Russian-language ads on the NYT website with my VPN set to Americas?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@esebm Because the majority of people accessing the NYT page using the Opera VPN are from Russia or have Russian as their main language, so the site simply has determined that that address is from Russia.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So the NYT website does not recognize that the VPN address is located somewhere in the Americas, it just "assumes" it's located in Russia. That does not make any sense to me.
And, btw, I doubt very much that the majority of people looking up the NYT website are Russian.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@esebm Usually a site don't know from where an IP is, since it's not a necessary information most of the times.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Well, if a website usually don't know from where an IP is, it should not display ads in any other than it's native language.
Of course, that is not an Opera problem.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@esebm Ads usually are provided by third-party companies.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So, a third-party company decides that I want to see an ad in a foreign language on an American website. Based on what?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@esebm On what has already been explained in this topic.

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More oddities involving using the "Americas" proxy, these two resulting from GDPR but serve as handy examples for this ongoing weirdness. I, too, am baffled by the "Because the majority of people accessing X using the Opera VPN are from Y" explanation--I've never seen that behavior when using a proxy or VPN.

www.latimes.com blocks you because, you know, it thinks you're in the EU.

www.usatoday.com redirects you to eu.usatoday.com

Etc

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

We need VPN from the USA and England. The Americas seems to be in South America and Europe put me into Sweden.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

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