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Why does my phone think I'm at home? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by anytimesoon@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have a phone with a Spanish Sim, but when I'm abroad, I still get websites redirect me to the Spanish version, when I'd prefer to see the local one. This happens even when I'm on WiFi, but I'm guessing it's something to do with my Sim?

Does anyone know how they do this, and if there is a way of overriding it?

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[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What browser are you using? What do you do to stay private?

Probably you have cookies set ragarding your language preferences for the sites you browse on a regular basis, at least.

[–] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm using Firefox with ublock and I have it in private mode by default

[–] whodatdair@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Android or IPhone? My guess would be the OS of the phone was set up with your home country, you may be able to switch it manually?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

this 👆

not the country, but your default language for your OS or your app

[–] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Main language is English, and I'm running calyxos, so if any os can change it, this one must be able to

[–] zazaserty@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

This might be imposible to override

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Might be just your OS language? It's pretty easy to detect with JS and many websites rely on it to supply the most relevant page.

[–] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Main language is set to English

[–] eggnog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I noticed similar things but never on wifi. I have used an Austrian sim card in other EU countries, and whenever I connect to a VPN server with the "Fastest" profile, it will connect me to an Austrian server every time.

I guess it makes sense but I still don't fully understand why local servers aren't considered faster. Anyway I never had an issue with wifi. Maybe you aren't actually connected to the wifi somehow?

[–] banana_meccanica@feddit.it -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

El tuyo telefono es espãnol porque habla con la sim. Es claro tu quieres cambiar operator de tu idioma por haces el idioma que te gusta. (Thanks duolingo).

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Es obvio que necesitas practicar más porque no entiendo nada