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by shashashank 1189 days ago
I remember once in college I'd shared my phone's hotspot to connect a TV to the internet after it had abruptly stopped working. And all of a sudden the ads being shown (on YouTube) switched from the local language to mine, both of which are completely different.
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The combination of IP, language preference and available fonts is very potent and not obvious to Americans.