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gocloud
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Feb 22, 2020

My new tab region being locked to Mainland China while my region is not China

I think my new tab being locked to Mainland China because there is a IPC license number at left bottom of my new tab. And i was not able to see an option to change my region inside the setting butto...
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gocloud
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Apr 03, 2020

Deleted Can you explain why NTP is locked to China while browser primary language was set as zh-CN?


Browser primary language set as zh-CN does not mean the current user (a people) or it's account belongs to China.

It could mean this device was used by multiple people for work and some of them can only read Chinese.

 

Every language except zh-CN have this option 👇

 

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Apr 06, 2020

gocloud Thanks for sharing that screenshot again. To follow-up on my last reply, did you have a chance to submit detailed feedback and diagnostic logs through the browser? It would really help our devs. In the meantime, I'll follow up with our New Tab Page team and will let you know if they can provide any insights.

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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    gocloud
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    Apr 08, 2020
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      Apr 20, 2020

      gocloud I chatted with the team about this and they would love to do some further troubleshooting with you. If you're comfortable with that, feel free to send me a private message and we can work out the next steps.

       

      Thanks!

       

      Fawkes (they/them)
      Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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        gocloud
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        Apr 23, 2020

        Deleted It doesn't happen anymore since i reject all DNS resolve request to ntp.msn.cn and removed my "Local State" file in application data folder, but i see same report at Twitter.

        https://twitter.com/FrasSmith/status/1224238340280483840?s=20

        This is another report from Twitter, but he said he was in China with account region set to UK.

         

        Can you explain why the new tab does not follow system region or account region by default?

         

        Does this mean if someone travel to China then his recent visit history (sites displayed in new tab) will send to server in China and store at there? I know datacenter could located in different country but as i know there are a lot of censorship in China and they could leaks user's privacy.

         

        I think this could be a reason of my new tab was locked to China, i had a travel to China and Hong Kong at early of this year with this device. But it shouldn't lock my new tab after i leave from there...

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      Apr 09, 2020

      gocloud Thanks for submitting feedback! I've reached out to this team and will let you know if they have any solutions to pass on.

       

      Fawkes (they/them)
      Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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