# Accept-Launguage in user agent leaks device localization information

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344
**Category:** Tor Browser for Android
**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344 "2021-11-02T12:50:07Z")
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### Author: ![ptsubin](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@ptsubin](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ptsubin)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/1 "2021-11-02T12:50:07Z")

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Hi There,

I am on Android 10, MiUi 12.0.2. Tor Browser 10.5.10 (91.2.0). In my phone settings, if I set the country to India, Tor Browser User agent has Accept-Language: en-US, en-IN, en. This is not seen in Desktop Tor.

Additional search took me to [accept-language header leaks browser localization (#30605) · Issues · The Tor Project / Applications / Tor Browser · GitLab](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/30605) . Which describes the same problem. Also says closed. The report is 1 year old, but I am still seeing the issue. Any suggestions?

Thanks,  
Subin

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### Author: ![gus](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/gus/32/16_2.png) [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/2 "2021-11-02T13:35:17Z")

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Hi, could you comment on this issue and let Tor Browser Devs know about it? Thanks!

> **[Implement a spoof/no spoof toggle in the locale chooser (#40087) · Issues ·...](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/fenix/-/issues/40087)**
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> To support tor-browser#30605 we should add a spoof/no spoof...

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### Author: ![Armadillo](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@Armadillo](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Armadillo)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/3 "2021-11-02T15:37:01Z")

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Wouldn’t they have to be aware of it in order to close the ticket? It doesn’t look like a fix will be implemented any time soon. Your best option is to set system language to English and browser language to English. The bulk of development goes into desktop, sadly.

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### Author: ![HackerNCoder](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/hackerncoder/32/56_2.png) [@HackerNCoder](https://forum.torproject.org/u/HackerNCoder)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/4 "2021-11-02T17:08:37Z")

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Yep, and it has been added. In Settings \> Language at the top there is a toggle to “Request English versions of web pages”, turning it on spoofs the accept-language header.

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### Author: ![ptsubin](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@ptsubin](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ptsubin)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/6 "2021-11-04T14:56:04Z")

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Thank you. That seems to have fixed the problem

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### Author: ![ukmr](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/ukmr/32/510_2.png) [@ukmr](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ukmr)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/accept-launguage-in-user-agent-leaks-device-localization-information/344/7 "2021-12-23T01:36:56Z")

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Hi @ptsubin 😃 Welcome to the Tor Project forum! Thanks for posting & hope you enjoy your time here!
