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Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by dx034 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @07:43AM (#15408330)
At least for desktop chrome you can set location access. Most websites geolocate using ip addresses if location is disabled. Works quite well, unless you use a VPN.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by hellofunk on Thursday October 05, 2017 @08:01AM (#15408415)
I cannot find any option to disable geolocation in my current Chrome version on Mac, and when I use a VPN and connect via a different country, sites I visit in Safari are in that country's language, but sites I visit in Chrome, even when private browsing, know the language to use based on my actual country location.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by shawabawa3 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:56AM (#15410176)
That could just be because chrome is sending language headers based on your installation language.

afaik, chrome asks whenever a site requests location information

(if you go to chrome://settings you can change language preferences)

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