Used a VPN to my home while in Mexico. Returned a week ago and all my devices (including those that have never been in Mexico) now show they’re in Mexico. Google’s IP correction form says it can take a month to fix.
i wouldn’t “help” them by submitting a correction. they’re the ones that assumed wrong, they can sort it out.
My neighbors (on the same Spectrum subnet) aren’t seeing this so it only affects my IP address. Google doesn’t give a crap about single user problems, in fact I think they’re doing this to discourage VPN use.
if you’ve cleared your browser histories (cookies, mainly) and it persists and bothers you, you can try to force a new ip from their dhcp. process would vary depending on what gear you have. at home, i use my own and only need to give the router a different wan mac and reboot the modem. with their gear, might need to just unplug the stuff overnight or something as i dont think you can get at the settings–hell, you need their stupid app to change the wifi password.
but like i said, i’d just let them deal with it. it probably only affects their own determination of your location. if it does spread elsewhere because they’re ‘sharing’ that data with others–just roll with it. i actually love it when we hop on a weather site or something and they’re way off, like michigan or missouri.
I avoid changing the MAC to pull a new address because family members actively use the VPN server via DNS and it can take a while for DDNS to update everywhere, but that’s what I’m going to have to do.
I can help with that https://duckduckgo.com/
It’s already my primary search engine, but unfortunately it’s not a full Google replacement.
You sure deleting your cookies wouldn’t fix it?
Very possible it wouldn’t, but it’d be the first thing I’d try.
This happens on devices that have never been in Mexico. On those I took with me I’ve deleted cookies, cache, and used different browsers. Even allowing location on our phones and PCs and then updating the Google location on their website is only a temporary fix and as soon as cookies are cleared everything’s back in Mexico.
Bah! Ok, yeah. That’s super annoying. Hopefully they move uncharacteristically fast for you.
I’ve experienced the same a couple weeks ago. Which is weird,because the Netherlands (where I live) hasn’t been Spanish territory in almost 500 years.
They were serving you pages in Spanish? That is really fucked up even for Google.
It’s a message. “I know where you’ve been, you’re not slick. Now repent.”
Bwahahaha, remember when their company motto was “Don’t be evil?” Pepperidge Farm remembers!
Half the time my IP is messed up anyway, because whenever I use the Safari browser, it goes random places. Which I always forget when doing speed tests and then freak out because I think the speed is off (but it’s really Apple’s MITM network that is maxing out under a gigabit).
Get a VPN. What year is it, dude?
It is always odd to find someone who has no clue that other people have different needs and priorities.
