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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months agoInteresting that setting your location to the UK gets you EU protections. Do the EU protections apply in the UK? They Brexited didn’t they?
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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months agoInteresting that setting your location to the UK gets you EU protections. Do the EU protections apply in the UK? They Brexited didn’t they?
kevincox@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
IIUC when they separated they basically ended up with a snapshot of EU regulations. So most of GDPR applies. But IDK if the DMA will apply as it was created after they split.
viking@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Yeah you better set it to Ireland or Malta to get full EU conformity.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 months ago
Genuinely curious: Does that actually work? Don’t you have to have your credit card registered to an Irish bank to make payments in that PC’s Windows Store?
viking@infosec.pub 8 months ago
I never, ever, linked any payment means to Windows or Microsoft, and yes it absolutely works. I’ve got my VPN set to Europe as well most of the time though (Sweden actually), and for the language settings I’m indeed using Ireland, and can confirm in that configuration it works.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 8 months ago
On iOS in the UK you’re not able to sideload on the new update so probably not
sourov@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I don’t think that would be possible in an Apple phone. In an Apple phone, Apple can check where you are by checking your GPS coordinates.