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Ask HN: How do Google/Facebook/Twitter/Netflix/Spotify determine my location?

I'm using my corporate gateway to access the web and our servers are located in Finland. A month ago, Google started to think I'm from Russia so suddenly my search results are in Russian. I've tried to submit to google that there are getting it wrong, no answer. I've searched the web, it seems like this is something a lot of people are experiencing and even they didn't got a response from...

( Read More... | 5 comments | 11 points | on HN )

Ask HN: How do Google/Facebook/Twitter/Netflix/Spotify determine my location?

I'm using my corporate gateway to access the web and our servers are located in Finland. A month ago, Google started to think I'm from Russia so suddenly my search results are in Russian. I've tried to submit to google that there are getting it wrong, no answer. I've searched the web, it seems like this is something a lot of people are experiencing and even they didn't got a response from...

( Read More... | 5 comments | 5 points | on HN )

Ask HN: How do Google/Facebook/Twitter/Netflix/Spotify determine my location?

I'm using my corporate gateway to access the web and our servers are located in Finland. A month ago, Google started to think I'm from Russia so suddenly my search results are in Russian. I've tried to submit to google that there are getting it wrong, no answer. I've searched the web, it seems like this is something a lot of people are experiencing and even they didn't got a response from...

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )