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Wrong Country on Firefox/Google home page

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Arthur Todd
Arthur Todd
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I'm in Western Australia. I use Firefox/Google as my Home page but it keeps showing that I'm in New Zealand. When I search my responses are New Zealand based.

I'm in Western Australia. I use Firefox/Google as my Home page but it keeps showing that I'm in New Zealand. When I search my responses are New Zealand based.

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Are you using a VPN?


What do these websites say about your location?

http://whatismyipaddress.com/ Under the map, look for Location Not Accurate?

http://browserleaks.com/geo

https://whatismyipaddress.com/geolocation

https://html5demos.com/geo/

https://www.iplocation.net/find-ip-address

How to set your location manually in Firefox(Windows) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1197142#answer-1115502

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/does-firefox-share-my-location-websites