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    Opera Extensions, Permissions & PRIVACY concerns!!!

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    • johnsonsbaby
      johnsonsbaby last edited by

      Hello everyone! How can I block intrusive Opera Extensions from accessing MY personal data on all websites?
      Why does Opera allow Extensions in the 1st place to collect our private data????

      How can I block Opera Extension from collecting my data for whatever purpose ???

      Thank you!

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @johnsonsbaby last edited by

        Since we can't read minds yet, please complete you post with all the missing information so people can understand what are you talking about.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          What makes you think that Opera extensions are collecting private data? If you mean the checkboxes in the extensions list, you can uncheck them.

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          • kurtq
            kurtq last edited by

            The easiest solution - do not install the extension

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @kurtq last edited by

              I mean friend all the extensions store data, even in any browser

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              • sgunhouse
                sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                Unless you allow it, extensions can not read secure pages, which would include most login forms. And most bank sites, and most payment sites. So ... what private data can they access?

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                • jamesconstance
                  jamesconstance last edited by jamesconstance

                  In the news https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/dataspii-technical-deep-dive/

                  It seems to me there should be a permission we can set that can prevent an extension from sending data to any website: without this many extensions can harvest our data and compromise our privacy.

                  Why is this permission not a standard obvious thing to include do you think?

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @jamesconstance last edited by

                    @jamesconstance In the extensions details you can set if it will be able to access data on all sites or just in specific ones.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @jamesconstance last edited by

                      @jamesconstance

                      Unfortunately, a lot of extensions cannot work without interacting with websites and sending data to websites.

                      In the mentioned case users have agreed to the data collection/data transfer as far as I understand it. Only the sale of the data to third parties was not (sufficiently) disclosed.

                      In my opinion, the problem lies in insufficient checking of extensions before web browser publishers put them in their add-ons catalog, but also in too much carelessness on the part of users in dealing with their approvals.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Amazing Jobs!!!!

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