Collection of personal user information
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A Former User last edited by
Opera should nopt collect any personal inforamtion from users unless they agree to it. Other browsers don't. Why does Opera?
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linuxmint7 last edited by
Opera should nopt collect any personal inforamtion from users unless they agree to it.
The thing is, you do agree to it (the Terms Of Service) when you click that 'Accept and Install' button when installing Opera.
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A Former User last edited by
Opera should nopt collect any personal inforamtion from users unless they agree to it. Other browsers don't. Why does Opera?
Opera does not collect any personal user information such as sites visited, information downloaded, etc, I don't know from where you got that from.
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A Former User last edited by
But Opera does have the computer IP adress. In this age that the same thing as user information. Why does Opera need to have the computer IP adress?
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lando242 last edited by
tgarden, the United States Post Office has your physical home address and they are part of the government! Seal Team 6 is already on the way to your location!
Seriously, how do you expect the web browser to receive information if it can't tell the websites where to send that information to? Its like telling someone to call you back and then refusing to give them your phone number.
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blackbird71 last edited by@tgarden... think it through. Your IP address is your return address for going out on the web. When a site you visit sends you back information to display on your screen, it has to route it via your IP address back to you. Whenever you go anywhere on the web, you notify the target of your IP address. Please don't let paranoia take over due to lack of knowledge... make efforts to learn how things work with the Internet.
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A Former User last edited by
Opera ASA does not collect the information - it only channels it to the NSA*:D*
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Oh, I'm sure that unless you're using Turbo (and probably even then) the NSA doesn't need Opera's help.
There is an option under Settings > Privacy to send Opera feature usage information ... which you can of course disable. Opera also includes an anti-phishing and anti-malware feature which will submit your visited URLs to a service to see if they are listed as unsafe, but they do not keep records of that. (And Opera is not the only browser to do such a check.)
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A Former User last edited by
Think it through you say. What an astute response. I was asking why user information needs to be collected; it is as easy as collecting the IP address, which you brilliantly pointed out that it needs to do so. Of course it does. I was asking rhetorically 'why doeas Opera need to collect 'traffic' information.
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lando242 last edited by
Traffic information would be used by Opera to improve the browser. They would use it to see how people use the browser and where to focus development and improvements. It is also used to identify which websites are malicious so they can warn users who might not otherwise be able to tell.
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A Former User last edited by
It'd be nice of it to be optional: like
Would you like to participate in our usage survey? It's needed to improve the browser, and your partaking will be appreciated.
To see how we handle your data and what data we collect, proceed here. -
A Former User last edited by
That is a good comment. Will the Opera staff listen to this suggestion? We could send money in envelopes.
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christoph142 last edited by
When installing Opera, click on options and uncheck the option to send usage info.
Exactly. What the hell are your guys making a fuss about here? There's nothing to complain about...
Opera is not collecting any personal data and you can opt out of any anonymous usage data, too. -
A Former User last edited by
I guess if the data's not going anywhere else, it's nice of me to allow them to have it. I didn't pay any money for what they gave me - so why not give something?
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blackbird71 last edited by
If the product is free to you, you are the product.
+1. A hard, foundational truth for today's Internet era. TANSTAAFL.
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A Former User last edited by
Lately I've been seriously tempted to stop using Opera, now that my favorite features are no longer there (fast forward, click and drag, ease of bookmark use, creating sessions, etc). Is it possible that Opera has been inflitrated by competitor agents and they undermined Opera? For all the paranoid hunters, this is a joke.
