Why does my internet think I'm in Australia?

[Diddums]

Seriously, wtf? I google "where am I", Perth, Australia. Google shopping results? Australian dollars. What the hell?

Anyone know how I can fix this? I've tried the old turn it off and on again a few times, no luck and going by search results, it'd probably be easier to move to Perth, Australia



HELP!

 

[StriderX]

Find Magnolia.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Time for some Aussie Netflix?

 

[Diddums]

Find Magnolia.

I found him. He's currently balls deep in a bottle of supermarket brand scotch trying to come up with new lyrics for his band. It's not going well.

 

[stewski]

compare whats my ip results on a website, with the external IP set on the routers wan. If different some form of vpn is probably at play?

 

[ultralaser]

Your router is upside down

 

[Kol]

Showing as sky broadband from your latest post, FYI, so not a VPN.

 

[Diddums]

It's weird. If I open an incognito tab it shows as London. If I open a normal tab, it shows as Oz.

 

[stewski]

It's weird. If I open an incognito tab it shows as London. If I open a normal tab, it shows as Oz.

try on the same device from a different make of browser?

 

[ultralaser]

It's weird. If I open an incognito tab it shows as London. If I open a normal tab, it shows as Oz.

Using any weird DNS settings?

 

[Diddums]

Ok, this is doing my head in. On a laptop, London. On my PC, Oz. Internet explorer same PC, London. Chrome, same PC, Oz. Seems to be a Chrome issue.

 

[stewski]

Ok, this is doing my head in. On a laptop, London. On my PC, Oz. Internet explorer same PC, London. Chrome, same PC, Oz. Seems to be a Chrome issue.

Suspect a plugin/extension re routing chrome (non incognito).

 

[BDEE]

I get this with google shopping - Thinks I am in America so get everything in dollars

 

[SlyReaper]

¿uʍop ǝpᴉsdn ɹɐǝddɐ sǝƃɐd qǝʍ op

 

[darael]

Cleared all your cookies?

 

[Hades]

Cleared all your cookies?

Don't they call cookies biscuits over there????

So... cleared all your biscuits?

 

[Tunney]

˙ǝʇɐɯ 'ʍouʞ ʇ,uop I.

 

[stewski]

Don't they call cookies biscuits over there????

So... cleared all your biscuits?

Not sure if/how a cookie would fool geolocation by IP?

P.S. I'd seriously consider if I had used chrome (non incognito) for banking/credit card usage.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

I get this in work. I put it down to working for a large US company.

Also, moved to networks for you

 

[stewski]

I get this in work. I put it down to working for a large US company.

Also, moved to networks for you

Possible, however the change in behaviour from one application or device to anorther would make investigate the risk of a rogue proxu/extension.