If you have access to a US server you can tunnel through it... Or paid/free VPN services...
2014-04-16 14:03 GMT+03:00 sara fink <sara.f...@gmail.com>: > I checked the languages settings in firefox. It has only english. > > The OS has english and hebrew. > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:42 AM, E.S. Rosenberg > <esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il>wrote: > >> Don't forget the site has two ways of guessing where you're from/what >> language you want regardless of geolocation: >> 1. IP as mentioned by Tomer >> 2. Your browser sends a list of preferred languages to the webserver, >> generally the OS locale is the first on the list unless you change it, you >> can set/change the order in Edit > Preferences > Content > Languages. >> >> >> 2014-04-16 0:15 GMT+03:00 Tomer Cohen <to...@gmx.net>: >> >> 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 >>> >>> >> >
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