Post AA8eJnetGG6XXNvSW8 by heurekus@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AA8e47PM488G9jBKM4 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T05:10:21Z
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Bought an eSim for the trip to the USA. For some reason, Google has decided that this particular data connection is in Poland and insist on presenting me all information in Polish. Including local searches for cinemas, restaurants, and so on and so forth.I suspect that most of Google is just a bunch of incredibly stupid shell scripts. If one script says: "that eSim is Polish" then everything has to be in Polish.StartPage, Osmand+, Tor and others are better solutions every day.
(DIR) Post #AA8eJnetGG6XXNvSW8 by heurekus@mastodon.social
2021-08-09T05:13:11Z
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@ParadeGrotesque which esim did you buy?
(DIR) Post #AA8eqjv8BEPrV5EGKe by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T05:19:07Z
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@heurekus Purchased through "Airalo" (an esim company based in Singapore), the esim name is "USA Roam" recognized by my phone as "Roamability", and it uses the AT&T network.Yes, that does not make any sense.Especially since all the device I have run an English OS.
(DIR) Post #AA8gFdwVdsyS9dJRWS by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T05:34:50Z
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Strangely related: the tyranny of captcha. If a script or an algorithm decides you represent a risk (based on... what, exactly?) you will have to help the Googleplex. The results are depressing:https://clivethompson.medium.com/why-captcha-pictures-are-so-unbearably-depressing-20679b8cf84a
(DIR) Post #AA8lgxpCKRrHPIjuiW by sowth@linuxrocks.online
2021-08-09T06:35:48Z
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@ParadeGrotesque I suspect they geolocate based off IP address.I live in USA, and even though Google has my home address on file, they show me local ads for hundreds or even a thousand miles away. It seems to change all the time. I was getting ads for Arizona, among other places, and I live in Idaho.It probably only works properly in southern California and New York City, as those are the only places they test.
(DIR) Post #AA8m2Y6Udii20P7cR6 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T06:39:41Z
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@sowth That is what I suspect as well. It's possible the esim provider acquired a block of IP address that previously belonged to a Polish ISP or company and that the transfer was never properly done.Which begs the question: if mighty Google can't do groceries properly, who can?Related business model: acquire IP blocks from different parts of the world and use them to confuse geo tracking.
(DIR) Post #AA8mB86ueR9LzlPSwy by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T06:41:17Z
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@sowth That is what I suspect as well. It's possible the esim provider acquired a block of IP address that previously belonged to a Polish ISP or company and that the transfer was never properly done.Which begs the question: if mighty Google can't do geo location properly, who can?Related business model: acquire IP blocks from different parts of the world and use them to confuse geo tracking.
(DIR) Post #AA93KM67iN1rCe1di4 by R1Rail@mastodon.gougere.fr
2021-08-09T09:53:21Z
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@ParadeGrotesque They are also culturally biased toward North-American culture.Why should we recognize for étaxis" the yellow cars with some strange writing on it, if we are not North-American culture aware ?
(DIR) Post #AA94t6usFbX0CxtrXs by bonifartius@qoto.org
2021-08-09T10:10:47Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @sowth ipv4 is so fragmented that i guess it's hard to properly keep track. which is good, geolocation has to die, it's only useful for things which are bad for the user.
(DIR) Post #AA9S7WEtCC0fkH6Lsu by loke@functional.cafe
2021-08-09T14:13:12Z
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@R1Rail @ParadeGrotesque Even more strange is the "fire hydrant". This is something that literally doesn't exist in most countries.
(DIR) Post #AA9S7WqSwU4FcogMSG by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-08-09T14:31:09Z
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@loke @R1Rail Very true.