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On my Macintosh I created a second user to be able to test stuff.

PIA is enabled but it says it is connecting through Indianapolis

Yet when I open a browser window I get a message in Romanian. When I log on to google it thinks I am in Romania and wants to know if that¡¯s okay.

In my primary user account this doesn¡¯t happen?


Should I delete this second user?
 

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On Nov 9, 2024, at 12:28?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

On my Macintosh I created a second user to be able to test stuff.

PIA is enabled but it says it is connecting through Indianapolis

Yet when I open a browser window I get a message in Romanian. When I log on to google it thinks I am in Romania and wants to know if that¡¯s okay.?

In my primary user account this doesn¡¯t happen?

Is there some reason you can¡¯t change the POP from Romania to something else via the PIA thingie in the menu bar? My experience is it remembers the previous selection next time it¡¯s run. I use Montreal as my POP much of the time during the summer because that fools MLB into letting me watch Reds games, and I choose something like Chicago otherwise so Amazon doesn¡¯t give me Canadian prices.

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Lee thanks,

I don¡¯t think I have ever told PIA that I am in Romania.

Also, by change the POP Setting do you mean the location? As I said the location is set for Indianapolis and I don¡¯t know why it thinks I am in Romania.

On Nov 9, 2024, at 5:23?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Nov 9, 2024, at 12:28?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

On my Macintosh I created a second user to be able to test stuff.

PIA is enabled but it says it is connecting through Indianapolis

Yet when I open a browser window I get a message in Romanian. When I log on to google it thinks I am in Romania and wants to know if that¡¯s okay.

In my primary user account this doesn¡¯t happen?

Is there some reason you can¡¯t change the POP from Romania to something else via the PIA thingie in the menu bar? My experience is it remembers the previous selection next time it¡¯s run. I use Montreal as my POP much of the time during the summer because that fools MLB into letting me watch Reds games, and I choose something like Chicago otherwise so Amazon doesn¡¯t give me Canadian prices.

L^2
 

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On Nov 10, 2024, at 3:55?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

I don¡¯t think I have ever told PIA that I am in Romania.

I didn¡¯t read your original message carefully enough to let Indianapolis sink in. I¡¯d try three things to start with:

(1) While logged into the new user¡¯s account, check System Settings¡­>General>Language & Region.

(2) Try changing the city in PIA to something else, just to see if its default is messed up. By the way, to my surprise, PIA does have a Romanian POP.

(3) Peek at your PIA settings via the ? popup in the upper right-hand corner. There are choices for language and multi hop buried in there.

Also, by change the POP Setting do you mean the location? As I said the location is set for Indianapolis and I don¡¯t know why it thinks I am in Romania.

It¡¯s the location from which you emerge into the wide cruel world. POP=Point of Presence

L^2

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