Feb. 14, 2024, 10:03 p.m. | /u/Candid_Hope

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I’ve never seen something like this: I’m searching for information about a European country, far from where I’m located, and suddenly Google concludes that I’m in that country, changing the search language to the national language. The bottom of the search results shows: “Location based on your IP address” (in that country’s national language).


**Was the search engine fooled by the \*content\* of my searches and concluded that I’m in that location?**


Here’s what makes it so intriguing:
• The …

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