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    US websites think I am in Europe. Is it because I use Opera?

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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I've changed the settings to use American continent servers. Maybe that will help. Sorry if I was asking about a topic that has been covered, I didn't see it.
      Ciao!

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        There is a chance that it will not help, because the problem is with the sites wrongly guessing your location.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          How can a site "guess" a wrong location (Europe) when my IP address clearly places me inside the US?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

            Because sites don't necessarily have a table with all IP ranges and from where in the world they are. They check with a geolocation service or just try to guess based on language chosen by users coming from a certain IP.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              When I check my geolocation it's always in Ashburn, VA. Always! Users who come from that location (like I am) should not be "guessed" as coming from any European country. Something with that darn Opera VPN is just plain wrong!

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                It's a site issue.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  What is that supposed to mean?

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    That the site should fix it.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      There are dozens and dozens of sites (practically all sites I open) that place me into Europe and show me Russian (Ukrainian) ads. So they are all screwed up?

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                        Or the service they are consulting are considering that the IP address belongs to a different country.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Don't those services take the geolocation into consideration?

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                            I was talking about geolocation services.

                            Check https://www.iplocation.net/ with VPN on and you will probably see different sites giving different results.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              Looks like the same IP address is shown in 4 different locations. How is that even possible? I always thought that IP addresses are unique.

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