Recently when I browse some multi-language websites, the default language becomes Russian.
An example is www.amd.com which redirects me to http://www.amd.com/ru/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx
I am sure I don't specified any change to my browser/computer language options.
I even tried on my friend's laptop. same result.
Based on the recent unrest and political issues in my country (Iran) and good relations between Iran regime and Russia, I guess they are redirecting our requests to Russia to monitor our traffic by their technologies.
How can I tell this is a regular thing (maybe misconfiguration of DNS or something) or an vicious action of the dictator?
here is the output of tracert www.amd.com
:
Tracing route to a24.g.akamai.net [213.155.158.25]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 4 ms 1 ms SHOHADAROUTER [192.168.81.1]
2 17 ms 27 ms * 192.168.2.1
3 13 ms 15 ms 7 ms 172.16.1.2
4 92 ms 98 ms 103 ms 172.16.2.1
5 199 ms 89 ms * 217.219.236.20
6 115 ms * 162 ms 78.38.245.57
7 561 ms 89 ms 156 ms 195.146.63.253
8 106 ms 101 ms 110 ms 195.175.5.21
9 * 188 ms 199 ms turktelekom-ic-134131-ldn-b5.c.telia.net [213.24
8.104.42]
10 192 ms 195 ms 192 ms ldn-b5-link.telia.net [213.248.104.41]
11 204 ms 214 ms 206 ms ldn-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.252.201]
12 * 227 ms 220 ms hbg-bb2-link.telia.net [80.239.147.186]
13 240 ms 329 ms 246 ms s-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.251.42]
14 280 ms 345 ms 284 ms s-b2-link.telia.net [80.91.246.235]
15 276 ms 232 ms 264 ms s-hdn-i4-link.telia.net [80.91.249.209]
16 167 ms 179 ms * 213-155-158-25.customer.teliacarrier.com [213.15
5.158.25]
17 163 ms 169 ms 162 ms 213-155-158-25.customer.teliacarrier.com [213.15
5.158.25]
Trace complete.