VPN / geoblocking
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@leocg that explains it
opera also has this ip range -
77.111.244.0 - 77.111.244.255 = Sweden
but are not use 'n it.. *i guess
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg
@virgrod The main idea of Opera's VPN, and of a VPN in general, is to hide your true IP address so that sites can't know from where you are accessing them and, therefore, helping protect your privacy.
And Opera's VPN does that. If some sites think that you are in Canada or in Indonesia, it doesn't really matter.
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virgrod last edited by
@leocg If that was the only purpose, why would Opera offer a regional choice for VPN IP's? To protect the user's "true IP", a regional choice is not needed. Opera offers the region choice because they know that many users are interested in region-specific IP's.
Unfortunately that is not working, for whatever reasons. Since Opera does offer the regions, it would be best that they do whatever needed so that regional IP's are recognized as such by everyone involved (alternatively, they may just not offer the regions at all, and let everyone know that only European IP's are available). Other free proxy servers seem to be able to offer true regional IP's, without the problem under discussion.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@virgrod There are reasons other than accessing sites that do geo-blockkng for a VPN to offer region specific IPs to its users. Performance may be one of them.
Also, to be able to allow users to access those geo-blocked sites, a VPN needs to provide country specific IPs, what is not the case for Opera VPN.
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virgrod last edited by
Look, all I am saying is that currently Opera is offering something that is not working as advertised by Opera. That is not good. And I am unable to see why do we even need to discuss it. Things should work as advertised. An Americas IP should work as an Americas IP or it should not be advertised as an Americas IP.
Opera should do whatever it needs to do so that the IP's that Opera offers as belonging to certain region are actually recognized as belonging to that region (not to a different region). Others seem to be able to do exactly that.
