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BROWSER ISSUE - Firefox acting like a VPN

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griffcoola
griffcoola

Firefox is acting like a VPN and is apparently reporting random locations for my IP. By doing so websites that I regularly do business with are questioning if it is actually me they are dealing with. How can I change this setting?

Firefox is acting like a VPN and is apparently reporting random locations for my IP. By doing so websites that I regularly do business with are questioning if it is actually me they are dealing with. How can I change this setting?

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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton

Firefox doesn't have any kind of builtin VPN or other feature that would alter your IP address of your computer.

Is it possible that you have Firefox connected to a proxy server? To disable that, go to the Firefox settings page and scroll to the network button at the bottom of the page. Then select No proxy.

You may need to restart Firefox to see a change.

Hope this helps.

griffcoola
griffcoola Mwenye swali

No change. Still reporting random location.