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    [Solved]Turning Desktop and Website Notifications Off

    Opera for Windows
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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by sgunhouse

      Who claimed Opera doesn't encrypt your information?

      If a website is secure, then everything transferred to that site is encrypted (not just your passwords); if a website is not secure (shows a globe icon instead of a lock) then nothing is encrypted - same as every other browser. The browser can't very well encrypt something the website does not want encrypted as then the site wouldn't. understand it. And of course, the firewall means nothing once data leaves your computer for the website.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @sporty78 last edited by

        @sporty78 Yes, it is.

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          • sporty78
            sporty78 @sgunhouse last edited by

            @sgunhouse

            https://thebestvpn.com/reviews/opera-vpn/

            Specifically it states, 'Opera doesn't encrypt your information so, even if they did allow torrenting, they would not be able to keep you safe..'

            To be clear, when I visit a secure website, Opera encrypts all of my information so that, coupled with my firewall, keeps me protected?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @sporty78 last edited by

              @sporty78 I answered your only question, which admits only yes or no as the answer.

              Regarding the other question, don't know, probably yes.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @sporty78 last edited by

                  @sporty78 That article is about Opera VPN and not the Opera browser itself. Also it seems that the author is trying to create a confusion where there shouldn't be any.

                  And yes, Opera encrypts your data when you visit a secure website, like any browser.

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                  • sporty78
                    sporty78 @leocg last edited by sporty78

                    @leocg

                    Thank you for clarifying the Opera VPN confusion; I read it exactly as written and got confused.

                    1a. Are you saying 'yes' that 'Settings->Privacy and Security->Site Settings->Notifications->Ask Before Sending' with the bar slid To the left side is the correct setting that turns off desktop notifications and website notifications?

                    b. If so:

                    'Settings->Content->Notifications'
                    ''Settings->Websites->Notifications->Do not allow any site to show desktop notifications'

                    I cannot find the Content tab or the Website tab-Are these old navigational steps from previous Opera versions?'

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @sporty78 last edited by

                      @sporty78 A) Yes

                      b) Don't know, maybe. But it's totally irrelevant now.

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                      • sporty78
                        sporty78 last edited by

                        Thank you for your prompt response clarifying the notification settings and the VPN wording.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @sporty78 last edited by

                          @sporty78 That's why you should always read more than one article about something before taking conclusions.

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                          • sgunhouse
                            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                            Content in older versions of Opera is the same as Site Settings in the current version. Don't recognize Websites, but perhaps it was in an even older version?

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