Thanks for your explanation about requests. I learned something new today 
By "locale", did you mean geolocation? I wouldn't want people whose servers I connect to know my exact physical location. (I know that information about bitcoin transactions are easily available on the public blockchain ledger.)
No, language packs that can be downloaded when compiling. Servers already knows your IP but Electrum will not transmit any details that sensitive like your location.By "locale", did you mean geolocation? I wouldn't want people whose servers I connect to know my exact physical location. (I know that information about bitcoin transactions are easily available on the public blockchain ledger.)