# How to make a website think you come from another country
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 1, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704 "2010-10-01T10:41:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/1 "2010-10-01T10:41:52Z")
There’s a website that’s causing me trouble because of the country from which I access it. How can you make a website believe that you’re accessing it from another country?
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### Author:  [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/2 "2010-10-01T11:30:54Z")
You need to mask your IP address, which you can do directly, or if necessary, via a proxy server. A quick google search should allow you to find what you need.
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### Author:  [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/3 "2010-10-01T12:00:54Z")
Or check into a VPN. There are some (slow) free, public ones.
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### Author:  [@GiantRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GiantRat)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/4 "2010-10-01T13:44:23Z")
Not sure what country you’re in or what type of content you’re attempting to access, but I would caution (particularly in regard to proxies) that there will be a forensic trail, so if you’re planning on… say, taking out an Iranian nuclear facility or something, be advised.
Although, the Iranian thing seems to have included a healthy dose of obfuscatory gibberish involved to make most of us just scratch our heads. The Homerism “stupid like a fox” comes to mind.
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### Author:  [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/5 "2010-10-01T20:03:44Z")
If you use a proxy, don’t try to do anything confidential nature such as online banking.
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### Author:  [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-a-website-think-you-come-from-another-country/555704/6 "2010-10-01T22:17:42Z")
Nah, nothing James Bondesque. Just trying to watch the BBC channel on Youtube.