This browser is compromised

[A Former User]

A Former User @mikeogghertz last edited by

@mikeogghertz even without a vpn, Opera has servers, I believe, in those countries. It will only see the last 'hop', such is the nature of server compression browsers (opera, puffin UC etc..).

[jkels]

jkels @mikeogghertz last edited by

@mikeogghertz This is a very uninformed comment. Without any further information it could just have been possible you activated Opera VPN and of course your "destination" in that case would be whereever the VPN server is located. The same would happen with any other browser in the same situation.

[mikeogghertz]

mikeogghertz @jdmbeastmode last edited by

@jdmbeastmode having or not having an anti-virus software installed has nothing to do with this issue. I of course do have one though.

[mikeogghertz]

mikeogghertz @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 i did not have the internal VPN turned on, I went through the settings before I started using the browser. I have a subscription based external VPN Client that I am using when I need to, that one also wasn't turned on. Also it certainly wouldn't have been set to South East Asia.

[mikeogghertz]

mikeogghertz @Guest last edited by

@53-north so you're telling me opera GX might route my traffic through somewhere in Southeast Asia for no reason and without telling me. I never heard of any browser doing that in my life and if it's true it's still a breach of trust.

[mikeogghertz]

mikeogghertz @jkels last edited by mikeogghertz

@jkels you're calling me uninformed but just assume I don't know what a VPN is. Well I do and there wasn't any turned on so that explanation goes out the window.

[mikeogghertz]

mikeogghertz @mikeogghertz last edited by

I will not discuss this any further, as I said I'm done with opera Software. This post was just supposed to be a warning about the experience I've had. Maybe I'm overreacting but trust was breached.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mikeogghertz last edited by

@mikeogghertz Opera doesn't do that. Unless, of course, if you are using the VPN.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg They don't use the clearest path / pipelines?
You get the choice with some compression browsers to have 'nearest' server / clearest server / etc, feed the traffic

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@53-north I don't think so.

[A Former User]

A Former User @mikeogghertz last edited by

@mikeogghertz If the servers in Iceland & Poland are too busy, I believe I've seen it happen occasionally (in the noughties).

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@53-north What are you talking about?

[jkels]

jkels @leocg last edited by

@leocg It might be a reference to the discontinued "Opera Turbo" function.

[ponakka]

ponakka @mikeogghertz last edited by

@mikeogghertz

I had Opera GX on my computer and it was really shady. I tried to love it, but it did not open the web pages with valid login credentials, so i had to change all passwords for security reasons. And also my window manager did not allow me to arrange the opera browser, but for some reason that app window was not registered as the other windows apps did. It was shady and broken.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ponakka last edited by

@ponakka It has nothing to do with what is being discussed here.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @jkels last edited by

@jkels Yeah, that has to be it. Opera GX's connections are direct and don't run through any servers (any Turbo compression servers or anything) when the VPN is off.

[lunamoonfang]

lunamoonfang @ponakka last edited by

@ponakka The window manager is mostly a problem on your side. Whereas not opening websites with valid login credentials are only present when the VPN is on and running.