wrong country

[nushie]

nushie last edited by

some sites think i'm from another country [other than US]. i've tried many things including uninstall and reinstall. i've been with opera since the $25/month, and i hate to give it up.
thanks for your help.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @nushie last edited by

@nushie You need to contact those sites and tell then that they are guessing your location wrongly.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @nushie last edited by

@nushie

Default VPN enabled?

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[nushie]

nushie @leocg last edited by

No help. And this doesn't happen when I open the same site on Foxfire.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @nushie last edited by

@nushie

https://www.opera.com/features/free-vpn or a VPN Extension.

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[nushie]

nushie @zalex108 last edited by

Yes yes. I have VPN enabled. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. No luck.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 @nushie last edited by

@nushie A VPN works by routing your traffic through the VPN's server and emerging with the VPN's IP address instead of yours. If the website checks for location using an IP index, it will cross-index to the VPN's location, not yours. Try it without the VPN and see if the site identifies your location correctly.

[nushie]

nushie @blackbird71 last edited by

@blackbird71 that makes sense! I don't have the problem opera on my Android. Thank you.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @nushie last edited by

@nushie

Just disable it and check again.

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[tlmurray]

tlmurray @leocg last edited by tlmurray

@leocg I have the same issue to a point: Outlook for the Web has ads on the right, and it's the only site that's wrong -- my main email is English, but the ads were showing Swedish. I did go into my Microsoft profile and change my language from default to English, but I've not had to do that before and I've been doing this for longer than I care to remember. Also, Safari and Firefox were okay. No VPN. IP okay.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

If you use the Opera VPN and stores cookies, they points to the language related to the selected VPN Continent.

Clean cookies and access it without the VPN enabled.

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[tlmurray]

tlmurray @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108 I'm not using VPN. Cookies cleaned.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Maps locates you on the right place?

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[tlmurray]

tlmurray @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108 (Is that to me, TLMurray?) If it is, if I clicked a Swedish ad and then used Google Maps -- I didn't try the Mac app -- it was a map of Sweden. Leaving Opera and using Google's Maps was correct.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @tlmurray last edited by

@tlmurray

Then,
Is the Opera VPN icon Blue?
Do you have any other VPN extension?

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[tlmurray]

tlmurray @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108 No VPN icon; no other extension.

[zalex108]

zalex108 @tlmurray last edited by

@tlmurray

Then,
Try enabling the Opera VPN and switching it.

It should change your location.
Then disable it and check again.

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[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @tlmurray last edited by

@tlmurray It's a site issue, you need to contact them.

[nushie]

nushie @leocg last edited by

@leocg thanks for all of the advice. I give up. Shouldn't be this difficult.