Re: Strange problem

[hiro <23hiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Strange, I always thought they were doing some kind of eugenics program.

On 3/20/10, Micah Lee <micahflee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM,  <zzzjethro666@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I know that Google is somehow involved with Tor though I don't understand
>> it
>> much at all. Just that it can show up in different languages when on the
>> web.
>
> Tor has exit nodes all over the world, and Google geolocates your IP
> address to decide what language to use. So if you're using Tor and the
> exit node is in Germany (e.g. to Google it looks like you're in
> Germany), then Google will show up in German.
>
> Google actually isn't involved in Tor. There's lots of websites that
> geolocate your IP address and behave differently depending on what
> part of the world they think you're in. I believe hulu.com won't let
> you watch video if you're not in the US, and BBC won't let you stream
> video unless you're in the UK.
>
> Micah
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