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    Twitter.com on Opera Mini bypasses proxy/vpn?

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    • dewriot22
      dewriot22 last edited by

      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.

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        You are logged in, so they know where you registered, right? Or are you visiting several countries and the ads track your country properly?

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        • dewriot22
          dewriot22 last edited by

          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.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @dewriot22 last edited by

            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.

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            • dewriot22
              dewriot22 last edited by

              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.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @dewriot22 last edited by

                There's no VPN in Opera Mini.

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