die richtigen fragen wurden natührlich nicht gestellt...
Das der adblocker bullshit ist, sagt keiner..
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https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=a9c83455
das ist nicht das einzige beispiel...
und das der VPN ein sicherheitsrisiko ist darüber redet auch keiner. Warum ist denn der VPN kostenlos? na?
Weil die mit den daten alles machen was sie wollen, von wegen anonym und safe..
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Other facts about the Opera VPN
Ok, we know that it’s free. Everyone loves free. Facebook is free. YouTube is free. Twitter is free. But …how do those entities make money? They collect and store data about you and sell that to advertisers, and they show you ads. Lots of ads. That’s how.
Is this how Opera ultimately looks to make money off of their VPN? Are they collecting data off of users to routing through their VPN to sell to advertisers? That’s my worry with every ‘free’ VPN I come across. There are some exceptions, like Cyberghost VPN who offer a free VPN which is supported by their paid side. Everyone out there needs to stop and think about who is actually paying for their ‘free’ service, because at the end of the day someone has to pay the bills.
A few other details to consider:
The Opera VPN only has servers in the USA, Canada, and the UK. If you’re an expat of literally any other country who wants to unlock content in your home country, and it isn’t one of these three, you’re out of luck.
There are no data limits imposed, or time limits. Again, that’s a lot of data that someone, somewhere, has to pay for in some way.
Problems have been reported of IP leaks via the WebRTC bug. It can be fixed with a complicated workaround which the average user, who will want a free ‘VPN’, will struggle with. Many will likely never test the VPN to see if it leaks and won’t even enjoy a true VPN experience.
The VPN only operates within Opera. Those trying to do torrenting or p2p will have no protection of their downloads. Anyone trying to do secure file transfers, to their lawyer, doctor, or workplace, will also have no protection.
These are not 4 small problems. Each one underlines the fact that you can’t trust Opera’s VPN to be a true VPN. At best, you can trust it to be a proxy server which you use to unlock some, but not all due to their very limited servers, web content.
dazu kommt das auch noch, aber, ne, kein wort davon in der News..
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What's the catch?
Users noted that Opera Software is close to being acquired by a Chinese firm and that Opera's main business model is based on advertising – which uses customer data to make money. Furthermore, commenters raised concerns about Opera's purchase of SurfEasy VPN a year ago and claimed it cannot be fully trusted because the firm is based in Canada – a nation compliant in the Five Eyes cyber-sharing agreement.
"Opera purchased SurfEasy VPN just over a year ago. SurfEasy is a VPN company located in Canada (a Five Eyes country). They keep bandwidth and usage logs. These are temporary, but they're still logs," wrote one user. "Remember, if you aren't paying for it, you are the product. Opera isn't doing this out of the kindness of their heart, they are in it for your data as that's how they operate. There are many VPN companies that do not log their user's data. They might ask a fee, but that's what's required for the best possible privacy in this arena."
Opera's offering is a welcome solution to dodging geo-restricted content, like watching iPlayer abroad or jumping on a public WiFi with more confidence but be aware if you're looking for a complete privacy solution.
/Rant... Computerbase, das wars für mich, unabhängig schreiben gehört bei diesen news wohl der vergangenheit an..