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> Geolocated IP addresses always indicate the preferred and correct human language of the person on the other end.

This one is only tangentially related to fraud prevention. But I've never really understood this. Is the Accept-Language header really so inaccurate?




> Is the Accept-Language header really so inaccurate?

I'd say so yeah. Many many old people here (in a country where English isn't the primary language) use 'misconfigured' browsers.

It's getting better nowadays I suppose with new installers defaulting to our native language but (even though I tend to prefer the English version myself) I think it's a good default. I do prefer an easy way to change it though (or a quick confirmation on the first visit.)




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