Technically, Opera should not be marketing this as a VPN at all, but that’s what they are doing. While Opera may have done this little tweak of definitions with the best intentions, end users should understand that this free service by Opera is nowhere near the security provided by a real VPN solution,” Per Thorsheim, founder of PasswordsCon, commented. Other tools you use, including for example email clients like Outlook, won’t use this ‘VPN’,” Špaček told Help Net Security. You still need a full VPN if privacy is what you care about (and you should care about your privacy).
Michal Špaček, a web developer and security engineer based in Prague, researched the way Opera’s VPN works and discovered there’s more marketing than security behind Opera’s claims.
HelpNetSecurity had this to say about Opera’s claims: In other words, Opera’s “free VPN” is not a VPN at all, but rather just a browser proxy. Unlike a true VPN, Opera’s “VPN” only works within the browser, rather than encrypting all traffic on your operating system. Opera VPN is a browser proxy that encrypts traffic between the Opera browser and a proxy server.
It works on desktop versions of MacOS X 10.11 and later, Ubuntu 16.04 and later, and Windows 7 and later. Opera browser is available for MacOS, Linux, and Windows devices. Toggle the integrated ad blocker on and off. Send encrypted content and links (articles, images, and videos) between devices using My Flow Search with Google and use the auto-fill prediction function Opera browser offers you to easily connect with your social life through the most famous social network integrated directly in the sidebar (Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Whatsapp, Twitter, VKontakte) and listen your favourite music with the music players built-in (Spotify, Youtube and Apple Music). Opera's integrated virtual privacy network protects your privacy and reduces tracking. These are just a few of the essential features that Opera offers to make browsing easier, more enjoyable, and less distracting thanks to the Ad blocker built-in. Built on Chromium it take advantage of most of Google Chrome's extension library, including the best VPN completely free for users. Opera is a free internet browser that comes with enormous benefits and strong customization options.
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