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    [Privacy bug] The creating a bookmark in a private tab with VPN causes connection non through VPN

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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

      @anonan said in [Privacy bug] The creating a bookmark in a private tab with VPN causes connection non through VPN:

      The bug is this topic about is still not fixed.

      In the latest Opera Developer you still see favicon fetches bypassing the VPN?

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @burnout426 last edited by A Former User

        Sorry, my previous message is about the latest release version (68), not develop (69).


        you still see favicon fetches bypassing the VPN?

        I have never said that. I talked only about previews (It are images for the bookmark, Opera parses the HTML for image URLs (not only img tags) and downloads them), but I have rechecked it, and the favicon is downloanig non through the incognito window too.

        Opera 68:
        I have created the bookmark in the incognito window with enabled "VPN", but Opera downloaded both the favicon and images for the preview through the default window, that has no enabled "VPN", so I can see HTTP connections to the site in Wireshark:
        leak.png

        I did not test it in the Developer version.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

          @anonan said in [Privacy bug] The creating a bookmark in a private tab with VPN causes connection non through VPN:

          I did not test it in the Developer version.

          It's supposed to have everything fixed in this area and Opera doesn't know of any other cases where things leak. But, if you can still find a situation where Opera leaks, then Opera would like to know. Otherwise, it's considered fixed and you'll see it fixed in Opera Stable once stable reaches 69.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            In testing I think I'm able to reproduce in both Opera stable and Opera Developer.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

              Filed DNA-86289 for this.

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2020/05/opera-70-0-3701-0-developer-update/ has a fix for your specific issue. Please test with it to confirm.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by A Former User

                  @burnout426
                  Maybe.

                  But in Opera 69 both bugs are.

                  • The connections for fetching images for the preview of a bookmark that was created in incognito tab with enabled "VPN" bypasses "VPN" – it goes through the non-incognito browser window (there "VPN" is disabled).

                  • There is no favicon for a bookmark that was created in incognito mode. (It's the regression or maybe I tested it wrong last time.)


                  Here is the example of bookmarks that I have created in incognito mode with enabled "VPN".
                  (Note: I visited these sites the first time, so there is no cached favicon or DNS query. It's random sites from duckduckgo.com/?q=tokyo+site)

                  The leak connections:

                  [1]

                  1.png


                  [2]

                  2.png


                  [3]

                  3.png


                  And missed favicons for these bookmarks (1st and 3nd sites should have the favicon):

                  bb.png
                  22.png
                  11.png

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @anonan Opera 69 probably doesn't have the fix.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by A Former User

                      Unbelievable, but it looks fixed. (Only the leak connections)
                      (v70)

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