The website will know where you are from based on your IP adress, unless you use a VPN. Only reason they want to "know your location" is to gain access to your GPS in the device if available, to get precise coordinate information.

That then can be used for benign purposes in case of a well secured E-shop or dangerous purposes if the website is sussy

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I know, I just think it's silly XD

[–] ichmagrum@feddit.de 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You know what I really like? Badly-made automated translations from a language that I've been learning for 25 years.

For real though, I had to set my browser's language to English so sites like YouTube stop mangling the video titles, like what's even the point of translating the titles when their content isn't translated anyway?

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is why I get French localised ads living on the Ontario border of Quebec

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Datacenter probably in Québec

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago

And then there is this piece of garbage site foodnetwork.com. I once wanted to read a recipe there, but the site decided that since I'm in Poland, I should be on foodnetwork.pl. On a frontpage, that is. No way to stay on the English site, and that recipe doesn't exist on the Polish one.

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But… basically every website determines the language based on the language list they get from the browser…

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

Not the ones I visit, apparently

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

I fucking wish. They never do that

[–] TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

I'm two states away from Utah. But because my data terminates to L3 in Salt Lake, half of the porn sites that my wife and I frequent want our Utah driver's license or passport. For a state that claims to hate stepping on sneks, they do love forcing their "morality" on everybody else.

No. Just fucking no. If I want my morality policed, the last place I'll go is to a religious institution.

Thank jeebus for VPNs.

[–] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

That sucks when you have a VPN. Just let the browser select the language instead.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Script blockers can obfuscate data harvesting and make it near impossible for them to do this kind of malicious behavior.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm afraid my address comes with the HTTP request, script blocking can only do so much (like breaking 90% of the web nowadays fml)

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

i get a proxy/vpn is the only solution?