can't reach streaming video sites thru US servers (netflix, ABC)

[jmhj008 0]

I have my vpn on a dd-wrt router and am connected to the US server set.  I can access everything else from the US with the exception of Netflix and ABC.  ABC's web page will come up, but I can not view any content.  I can not even access Netflix.  I have cleared all my cache and cookie data several times with no luck.  I am on a MAC OSX.

 

[Staff 9751]

Hello,

 

can you please make sure that you're using the VPN DNS server (10.4.0.1)? If you use DNS outside the USA, some services might not work, because some of them do not check only the country IP address, but perform a wide range of additional checks. So you acted just fine to delete cookies and cache, but please also check that HTML5 geo-location in your browser is disabled as well.

 

Kind regards

[OpenSourcerer 1359]

​How is it possible to disable HTML5 geo-location? oO

​Now this is interesting...

[amnesty 18]

In Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Limit website access to location services.

 

In Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Tracking ...