Hola (hola.org) might be able to help you re IP addresses. Rony
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Tomer Cohen <to...@gmx.net> wrote: > The browser geolocation feature meant to provide sites access to an accurate > location data from a GPS receiver or other techniques. This feature is in > use by Google Maps as well as some other sites, but require your permission > before submitting your location data once or per-session. > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Using_geolocation > > Sites can't ever access this data without your prior permission. Since > this is probably not the case, I don't think the geolocation API was used. > The site in question probably located you by the GeoIP feature, which > doesn't provide accurate location but a country of origin or estimated > region in the country. It is more difficult to fake GeoIP since it is based > only by your IP address, but you can use a proxy or a VPN to remove your > traces. > > Given that said, sometimes it is easier to just change a preference on the > site to provide you the site in another language (but still this won't > remove any country restrictions for content). > > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:55 PM, sara fink <sara.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone >> >> I changed enable.geolocation to false in firefox, but it still doesn't >> work with the site that I want to enter. I am still redirected to israeli >> site instead of the abroad site. >> >> Anyone knows why this configuration doesn't work? Is there another way to >> make it work? I tried the extension of geolocater but this one also doesn't >> work for new firefox versions >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > > -- > Tomer Cohen > http://tomercohen.com > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- Ubi dubium, ibi libertas (where there is doubt, there is freedom)
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