 bcoolPremium
join:2000-08-25
The Ozarks
1 edit | [FireFox] proxy in Mozilla Firefox to disguise requests head ok - here's the deal. I have a friend who lives in Bremen and is an avid fan of our political race. But he contends that some of the American news web pages load up somehow differently for him since he originates in Germany. I don't understand this at all. But his request of me was for a way in which he could conceal his location or imitate a U.S. location so that he could see what I would see loading some of these sites from home. How should I help him? My first reaction was to point him to FoxyProxy ( »addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464 ) but he's still lost.
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 CudniLa Merma - VigiladoPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-20
Someshire
kudos:13 | Lost in what way, i would think what you offered is a good solution. Maybe compare screenshots of the same site from your respective location to see if there are any differences. And if there are they will be minor and not worth slowdown via proxy.
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bcoolPremium
join:2000-08-25
The Ozarks
1 edit | reply to bcool
Thanks Cudni. He's lost because he cannot seem to obtain US proxy which is what he wants. My friend informed me "it chooses a random ip address from all over the world therefore I sometimes come from China, Turkey or Poland..." |
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 | reply to bcool
Hmm, a choice between (a) the remote possibility that CNN is sanitizing its articles for non-US IP addresses and (b) the certainty that leeching onto a "random" proxy means you will eventually be abusing someone's PC who's infected with malware and unintentionally proxying to the rest of the world. Not a tough call in my opinion. 
You could, of course, just set up a proxy on your own computer and allow him to surf through you long enough to see that (or whether) his fears are unjustified....
If he wants a legitimate paid service I expect that »www.anonymizer.com/ or any number of other services would be glad to take his Euros. 
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bcoolPremium
join:2000-08-25
The Ozarks | said by B:If he wants a legitimate paid service I expect that » www.anonymizer.com/ or any number of other services would be glad to take his Euros. -- B He's always bragging how well the Euro is doing against our dollar. Damn straight, let him pay for it! Thanks B.
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 BlitzenZeusBurnt Out CynicPremium
join:2000-01-13
kudos:2
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| OT: Bush is turning our dollar into this with the current war effort, hopefully people bought items like gold which hold their value in all markets.
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You can also use translation sites to proxy pages, even if your not translating anything. |
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 meshifPremium
join:2007-10-08
Windsor, ON | reply to bcool
also if you just want the text you could load up »google.com/ncr and use the cache feature. »google.com/ncr directs you to the American Google regardless of your ip locale |
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | reply to B
said by B:You could, of course, just set up a proxy on your own computer and allow him to surf through you long enough to see that (or whether) his fears are unjustified.... I would second this idea. |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
kudos:3 | reply to bcool
I've heard of people in Canada having the same problem viewing things on major US MSM websites. ABC, CBS come to mind if I recall. |
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BPremium,MVM
join:2000-10-28 | Is there a Great Firewall of America I'm not aware of?
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