I'm not in Japan!

yumbigyumbig
in General Privacy Discussion
For some reason I do not understand, some websites seem to think I'm in Japan. I'm in Australia and I'm using an Australian PIA server, albeit in a different city to the one I'm in. If I'm not logged in to ebay it will give me prices in Japanese Yen. Even the New York Times will give me sub headings in Japanese. 

Why?

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Stale GeoIP data. Even though IPs don't have any inherent location, websites use GeoIP databases to approximate the locations of IP addresses. This Australia/Japan issue pops up every now and again, but when I check aggregate GeoIP information, these IPs do appear to be registered properly. Unfortunately, this issue is probably down to the websites you're visiting updating failing to update their databases regularly, so you're being detected in Japan even though the IPs haven't been registered there for quite a while. 
  • yumbigyumbig
    Hi colleen, OK. So are you saying that the IP's that PIA uses in Australia were at one time registered in Japan?
  • Harry2Harry2
    edited April 2018
    yumbig said:
    Hi colleen, OK. So are you saying that the IP's that PIA uses in Australia were at one time registered in Japan?
    The stale GeoIP data claims it was (20 years ago)? 
    My VIP Australian data says I are in Australia ISP's are more often than not just useless rat bags
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