It appears I am in Denmark

Much as this appeals I am in the UK put I cannot find how to change the flag in my avatar /profile ?

 

@nmp

The flag will be set by where the server you are using is located. If you use a VPN or your server is based outside your country, it will show go to where it is, not you.

You can turn the function off in your settings, or just make sure you use a local server.


Cheers

Tony

 

@nmp @Tony Press In my case I'm in the UK but work for a US company. I've got UK selected on my, work supplied, laptop VPN but I still appear as US based on CCS. It sometimes jumps to another country such as Ireland or Germany if the UK portal is down for some reason. I'll have to check CCS next time it happens which I normally only notice because the BBC website |(BBC.co.uk) which does recognize me being in UK until such eventualities when it diverts me to BBC.com
Regards
John

 

I see I have just changed broadband provider that may be the answer thanks @Jeopardy @Tony Press

 

I'm usually waving the Israeli flag when I'm visiting CCS or CPL from my work computer.
Sometimes it's the Stars and Stripes, and on occasions "Dannebrogen" (the Danish flag).
Never the correct Swedish one, though.
But when at home, it's alway showing the Swedish flag.
That's why I show it in my avatar instead (next to brave Ukraine who, apart from many ideals and history, also share the same beautiful blue and yellow!)

Anyway! Check Ross' post here on the matter.
Hopefully the software will allow members to control this themselves eventually.

 

Where exactly is that? I puttered around in my Settings and did not see it. Thanks.

 

It's under "Privacy".
Just enter your settings again, then click on "Privacy", and un-check the box saying "View the flag for the country you are in", and it will stop showing the flag of your ISP.



@Ziradog

 

As long as you're Human ,it's fine with me :-)
No need for flags...

 

The ‘technology’ in question here is called geolocation - a means of determining (to various levels of accuracy) where in the world the IP address being used to connect to CCS is located.

This might be derived from static information about which ISP or company a block of IP addresses has been assigned to, or more active means like triangulating the location based on measurements from different places. If you use a VPN then the address CCS sees is that of the VPN provider do there is another layer if indirection involved.

The data used is not fresh. It can often be weeks or months (or more) out of date, so if your ISP has recently acquired a new block of IP space from an entity in a different country you may find a lot of sites think you are somewhere you’re not.


-R

 

Thank you.