Why does my phone think I'm at home? - eviltoast

I have a phone with a Spanish Sim, but when I’m abroad, I still get websites redirect me to the Spanish version, when I’d prefer to see the local one. This happens even when I’m on WiFi, but I’m guessing it’s something to do with my Sim?

Does anyone know how they do this, and if there is a way of overriding it?

  • eggnog@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I noticed similar things but never on wifi. I have used an Austrian sim card in other EU countries, and whenever I connect to a VPN server with the “Fastest” profile, it will connect me to an Austrian server every time.

    I guess it makes sense but I still don’t fully understand why local servers aren’t considered faster. Anyway I never had an issue with wifi. Maybe you aren’t actually connected to the wifi somehow?