<![CDATA[Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn?]]>I login to twitter and facebook on opera mini to avoid location-specific personally targeted ads and other "suggestions", intrusions etc. But I keep getting quite country-specific suggestions from Twitter.

Shouldn't Opera's proxy/vpn hide my IP address from them? I have checked Opera Mini's settings and unlike the desktop Opera, there's no setting to set a specific country for proxy/vpn. For example, if I am in UK, and I use opera mini, twitter should see me in the proxy/vpn's country, right? But twitter keeps showing me UK specific ads and stuff.

Am I missing something pretty obvious here? Any help appreciated.

Thank you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/30512/twitter-com-on-opera-mini-bypasses-proxy-vpnRSS for NodeSat, 09 May 2026 14:56:32 GMTWed, 16 Jan 2019 11:32:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn? on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:44:54 GMT]]>There's no VPN in Opera Mini.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162702https://forums.opera.com/post/162702Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:44:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn? on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:03:39 GMT]]>Oh, okay. That explains it then. I always assumed that Mini's vpn/proxy servers hid one's IP address too.

Thank you for clarifying.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162695https://forums.opera.com/post/162695Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:03:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn? on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:11:00 GMT]]>As far as I know, Mini doesn't hide your IP address and, therefore, your location.
Also, some sites may not go through Mini servers.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162691https://forums.opera.com/post/162691Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:11:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn? on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:55:52 GMT]]>That's the thing. I've disabled every available option on Twitter that is location-specific. My default country was set to another country which I am no longer in. So it appears that twitter knows, through my current IP, where I am currently at. Which is puzzling because I'm on twitter via Opera's proxy/vpn, so ideally twitter shouldn't be able to know that. Unless proxy/vpn is not working and opera is leaking my IP.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162689https://forums.opera.com/post/162689Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn? on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:58:36 GMT]]>You are logged in, so they know where you registered, right? Or are you visiting several countries and the ads track your country properly?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162684https://forums.opera.com/post/162684Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:58:36 GMT