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When using a VPN, is there a way to make your browser think you're in your home country? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by guttermonk@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Web pages were loading in the foreign language my VPN was in, so I tried using a free proxy but couldn't find a reliable way to make that work. Any suggestions?

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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

VPN to the virgin islands, should be in English then and they are basically not enforcing anything, if not that try Belize, basically the same story.

Ireland is also a option or Switzerland if nothing else woks route through TOR