Sometimes you may find that a website or service recognizes you / your location even when you use a VPN or proxy.
for example: you create an account with your real IP, but when you connect to the VPN, and visit the same website, you find you are blocked from accessing content. Sound familiar
This is not a security risk or a security hole in the VPN ?; site / service is just using workarounds to identify you and check if you visited before. This occurs primarily through cookies or software that is installed on your computer or device.
There are a number of reasons why this might happen, but we'll show you how to erase all traces of your computer so that your identity is not revealed.
- Close your browser
- Clear the cache with CCleaner
- also clear your Java and Flash Cache
- log in to a VPN server from a country you know allows access to content
- for certain services, as it is logical to adjust the time zone computer to the time zone of the location of the VPN server; which prevents them to know that you use a proxy or VPN
- Check again to see if it works
To empty the cache of your regular habit browser (either manually or with CCleaner) and make use of its mode incognito
cUT thE sERVICES dE lOCATION in your browser
You can check the settings your browser "location services" here, which provides instructions for popular browsers.
TURN OFF GPS and location services ON YOUR iPHONE / iPAD
This is a good idea if, for example, you try to access to services that are only available in certain areas. Disabling or enabling all GPS / location services on your iOS takes only a few steps
Here's how to turn off all location services for all iPad devices :.
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Locate the "Settings" icon on your iPad - When the screen loads iPad settings, "General" preferences will automatically be selected (if not, press "General "in the left pane)
- NOTE: iOS 6 users: Settings> Privacy> location services
- in the third option group, note that you have input "location services", which contains an on / off switch, enabled by default (set to "on")
- turn off and disable GPS services and location - press once the switch, and it will be "Off"
CUT location services oN MAC OS X
If you want to disable location services on Mac OS X, do the following:
1. from the Apple menu, choose System Preferences
2. on the View menu, choose safety
3. Click the security tab and confidentiality
4. If the icon in the lower left corner is locked, click it to authenticate with your admin password (to unlock the security pane)
5. Click the box next to "Disable location services"
TURN oN YOUR lOCATION sERVICES rOUTER
Google is able to map the location of your router and record their database, so other services can access them.
You can stop this by adding "_nomap" (without quotes) to the SSID of your router VPN.
See the Google blog for details.
by following these steps, for example, deleting the cache (and java + cache flash), disabling location services, using privacy tools like PeerBlock and privacy add ons, and adjusting your time zone, you are on track for the prevention of sites to know your position.
for more information on how to stop Web sites to know your position, please visit our Help Center.
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