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How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: August 31, 2013 01:13PM
My wife ordered me the new Bob Dylan album (Bootleg Series #10) from Amazon. Won't receive the package until next week. Amazon includes a digital download for customers who purchase the actual CDs. However, the downloads only work for US customers. Any thoughts on how I can make my Internet connection to Amazon look like it originates from the US?

As it turns out, the order will be shipped to our cottage in the US, and paid for with a US credit card. The only glitch is the Internet connection is in Canada.

thanks, Todd's north-of-the-border keyboard
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: pRICE cUBE
Date: August 31, 2013 01:17PM
You need a VPN service but that might cost more than it is worth. Maybe give the login to a trusted us friend and have them drop the files into online storage?


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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 31, 2013 01:27PM
either VPN or someone you can trust in the US; give the password, have them download it, upload to a dropbox, and then change password.

P.S. I have a Mac Mini unused which I am about to nuke and pave to make a media server. if you want, I could install log me in, let you use it today and tomorrow to download your stuff and upload to a dropbox, then I will nuke it. I won't even see your password. You would need to install dropbox as it is not installed. hopefully you don't send terrorist threats from my Mini smiling smiley
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: yeoman
Date: August 31, 2013 02:05PM
This will do it for you:

[www.witopia.net]

Useful when travelling or if you want to watch the Beeb with iPlayer.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: August 31, 2013 02:42PM
It used to be that you could use one of about 2000 free and anonymizing proxy servers but that started dying out about 5 years ago.


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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: August 31, 2013 04:32PM
There are still a lot of free proxy services and IPs you can set up on your own.

I use a VPN that gets me to many places in the world. It is crazy to log in to Netflix, etc. and see what 'better' Hollywood movies are available to non-US customers


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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: August 31, 2013 04:59PM
Thanks for the suggestions. I will follow up on some of them.

In the interim, space-time is my new hero. Going above and beyond, space-time let me take over her/his mac mini (after several unsuccessful attempts at using logmein) and download the files.

Turns out they were on my wife's Amazon account, not mine, so it took several attempts to get the results.

It was a bit frustrating at times, and the space-time was there to help guide me through unknown waters.

thanks again, Todd's growth-mindset, not fixed-mindset keyboard
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 31, 2013 05:10PM
LOL, now install dropbox and upload your files.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: August 31, 2013 05:45PM
You know, space-time, you could probably set up a nice little paying gig with that Mini, and, say, a nice little spot for it someplace offshore.... say, Romania...
Not a BIG operation, mind you.. just a few customers... nice and discreet...

angel smiley


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Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 31, 2013 06:48PM
what are you suggesting, Paul? that everyone in Romania is a hacker? not really. quite the opposite, most people don't own computers.

BTW: I am definitely not a hacker. I stumbled upon a security hole at a major company some of us deal with (I posted about this last summer) and I haven't even tried since then to see if they plugged the hole or not. I hope they did. But that was pure luck, a combination of hardware and software that normally should not happen.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: August 31, 2013 06:54PM
Not at all.. you miss my point..
Some of your "customers" would be able to appreciate a way to get an IP address somewhere outside the U.S.
No offense was intended...
It WAS mostly a joke, not only would it be legally problematic, but a pain in the buttocks as well.


Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Black
Date: August 31, 2013 06:58PM
You would want to make sure Larry gets a cut for offering the medium to connect individuals looking to bypass Amazon's procedures. He was looking for a way to "monetize" macresource, after all.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 31, 2013 06:59PM
i know it was a joke. No offense taken smiling smiley

I am just curious why you would want an IP outside US. Except a few shows on BBC, I never wished I had a foreign IP. Quite the opposite, when I am in Europe, I can't you netflix, pandora, amazon video, etc.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: August 31, 2013 07:01PM
Beats me... but I see "offshore" proxy servers listed as a good thing for some folks. WOULD be nice to watch BBC online....
Maybe Voodoopenguin could set us up a proxy at his house grinning smiley


Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
----
Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Eureka, CA
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Black
Date: August 31, 2013 07:02PM
It would be a dream for me to be able to watch European television.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: DRR
Date: August 31, 2013 07:42PM
Canada isn't in the US?
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Sam3
Date: August 31, 2013 08:05PM
Another use would be to watch real Olympics, not the sanitized commercialized limited nbc Olympic coverage.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: August 31, 2013 08:30PM
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Sam3
Another use would be to watch real Olympics, not the sanitized commercialized limited nbc Olympic coverage.

Dang... that WOULD be nice!


Paul F.
-----
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
----
Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
--

--

--
Eureka, CA
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 31, 2013 08:37PM
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Paul F.
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Sam3
Another use would be to watch real Olympics, not the sanitized commercialized limited nbc Olympic coverage.

Dang... that WOULD be nice!

you're right. Next summer I will send a mini to Europe and use as a Proxy smiling smiley
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: August 31, 2013 08:52PM
Without really knowing what was going on, space-time graciously guided me through the process. Am now enjoying the new Dylan CD set.

This opens the possibility of getting an Internet connection at the cabin in the US and using that to get a US Netflix account. The pickings on Canadian Netflix are slim.

thanks to everyone for playing, Todd's appreciative keyboard
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: mrbigstuff
Date: August 31, 2013 11:26PM
interesting album, huh ?

I bought it last night and dl'ed the files and gave a quick listen. some of the songs are downright amazing, the best I've heard from him.


Hurts like a bastid...
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: August 31, 2013 11:34PM
Have been impressed with the first few songs. Will give it a more thorough listening tomorrow.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: tenders
Date: September 01, 2013 12:21AM
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DRR
Canada isn't in the US?

Of course not. Canada is America's Hat.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: haikuman
Date: September 01, 2013 02:58AM
Standing Ovation for space-time smiley-score010


“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: September 01, 2013 03:18AM
Any time you mix Paul F and Romania, its either hookers or Romanian firearms. Just saying......
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: haikuman
Date: September 01, 2013 05:09AM
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Racer X
Any time you mix Paul F and Romania, its either hookers or Romanian firearms. Just saying......

Don't forget the goats and horse meat *(:>*


“Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"
Steve Jobs

"There are only two mantras yum and yuk mine is yum "
Bernard Mickey Wrangle<>Tom Robbins<> "Still Life With Woodpecker"

"There is a fine line between a rut and a groove"
G.D. Kittredge III

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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: fauch
Date: September 01, 2013 06:32AM
Proxy server or VPN.
Google "Free US VPN" should do the job, but I'm not sure I would send any sensitive unencrypted date through any of these...
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: blooz
Date: September 01, 2013 09:34AM
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Racer X
Any time you mix Paul F and Romania, its either hookers or Romanian firearms. Just saying......
smiley-laughing001


And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: September 01, 2013 10:52AM
I'm not sure why you would want an Amazon rip since they're only 256K.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Todd's keyboard
Date: September 01, 2013 11:08AM
Timing. Won't be able to pick up the CDs until Friday. Would like to hear the music today.
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Re: How might I fool Amazon into thinking I have a US Internet connection?
Posted by: Paul F.
Date: September 01, 2013 01:33PM
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Racer X
Any time you mix Paul F and Romania, its either hookers or Romanian firearms. Just saying......

Hey, my Romanian M1969 trainer is one of my favorite .22's! Great little rifle.
As for the other... I decline to comment... wink wink. Nudge nudge...


Paul F.
-----
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
----
Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
--

--

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Eureka, CA
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