[tor-talk] Tor Browser and my location

[Ben Tasker]

You'll want that to be https://www.google.com/ncr?noj=0&gws_rd=ssl (note
the lack of trailing slash)

But, it looks like it strips the query string when it redirects you to
google.com though, so it may not be possible to keep the noj & gws_ssl.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Kit Carson McGuire <kitmcguire at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I tried to append (https://www.google.com/ncr/?noj=0&gws_rd=ssl) and I
> get the 404 error code is all.
>
>
> Kit McGuire
> 206 N. Titel St.
> Payson, AZ 85541
> 928.978.3795
> Check me out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KitMcGuire
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Tasker" <ben at bentasker.co.uk>
> To: <tor-talk at lists.torproject.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Tor Browser and my location
>
>
>
> Google will redirect you to a region specific version of Google based on
>> geo-location of your source IP. This the the IP of the Tor exit node
>> you're
>> using, which is why it differs to your location.
>>
>> If you set your homepage to https://www.google.com/ncr (append the query
>> string you want to use if desired) you should stay on the .com domain
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Kit Carson McGuire <kitmcguire at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I do like Tor Browser, but I'd like to know why the Tor Browser places me
>>> (according to Google) everywhere except where I am actually located? I am
>>> in central Arizona, but every time I open Tor Browser my start page (
>>> https://www.google.com/?noj=0&gws_rd=ssl) changes to various other
>>> countries, ie: sometimes Italy, Netherlands, Germany, etc. but never
>>> USA! I
>>> would like to see Tor Browser open and load my home page(s) as I prefer
>>> all
>>> the time!
>>>
>>> Kit McGuire
>>> 206 N. Titel St.
>>> Payson, AZ 85541
>>> 928.978.3795
>>> Check me out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KitMcGuire
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