Feb 22 2020 07:06 AM - edited Feb 22 2020 07:07 AM
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 button at top right of new tab.
My IP address was from HongKong, my account region was HongKong, and i confirm my Windows region was set to Hongkong, but... Why the fxxking new tab does not follow my setting? why change region option was removed after it locked to China???
Feb 22 2020 08:13 AM
Feb 23 2020 06:34 PM
Feb 24 2020 01:34 AM
Feb 25 2020 11:33 PM
This one is not mine, mine new tab does not have this option...
Feb 26 2020 12:44 AM
Feb 26 2020 12:33 PM
@gocloud Thanks for reaching out, and we're sorry to hear that you're encountering issues with the new tab page! If you haven't yet, can you please submit feedback through the browser? Our devs would love to take a look at the diagnostic logs to better figure out what's happening here.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Apr 03 2020 03:04 AM - edited Apr 03 2020 03:04 AM
@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 :backhand_index_pointing_down:
Apr 03 2020 04:19 AM
Apr 05 2020 09:43 AM
@HotCakeX Yes, there is no such option while browser primary language was set to Simplified Chinese, I am sure both ip address and system region was US.
Apr 06 2020 10:53 AM
@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
Apr 06 2020 11:23 AM
Here's my findings. I have US IP and language settings in Windows.
Using Edge Version 83.0.477.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
set my Edge language to a couple of Chinese language variations:
and as you can see they all offer all languages for the New tab page.
there are some other Chinese variations such as these:
but as you can see in the screenshots, the option to set them as the display language in Edge is unavailable.
I suggest you to clean uninstall Edge canary, remove user data when asked during uninstall (it's a small checkbox) and then install it again to check.
Apr 07 2020 03:20 AM - edited Apr 07 2020 03:20 AM
@HotCakeX We are on different server..
You can try to open developer tool on new tab, and type "location.href" on Console tab, you will see the url is "https://ntp.msn.com/edge/ntp?locale=zh-CN&dsp=0&sp=Google"
But mine is "https://ntp.msn.cn/edge/ntp?locale=zh-CN&dsp=0&sp=Google", ntp.msn.com and ntp.msn.cn was different site, ntp.msn.com has multiple language include Chinese with a option to change language, but ntp.msn.cn does not.
I tried but i can't figure out why mine Edge will load ntp.msn.cn on new tab, ntp.msn.cn looks like a customize version for Chinese user without ability to change their region and maybe data will transfer into server located at China?
Apr 07 2020 09:27 AM
Apr 07 2020 09:31 PM
Apr 07 2020 09:52 PM - edited Apr 07 2020 09:57 PM
No, it was installed with English installer but primary language set to Simplified Chinese, because it's a browser scope setting not user scope.
I don't use a VPN and this is the default IP for all internet traffic.
I tried remove property "intl" with value "en-US" from "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge SxS\User Data\LocalState", then my new tab restored to ntp.msn.com. I don't understand why remove language setting will change this behavior.
I think there are more complex logic to detect user's location, and only engineer at MSFT know about it's detail.
Apr 07 2020 10:51 PM
Apr 08 2020 09:20 PM
@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
Apr 20 2020 09:32 AM
@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
Apr 22 2020 09:03 PM - edited Apr 22 2020 09:11 PM
@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...