[Duplicated]Opera Browser Re-Routes URLS with their own tracking software

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nb2000 last edited by leocg

I have found few posts about this, but not zero. I have not found any answers.

Opera browser takes some URLs typed into the address bar like Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and homedepot.com, and by typing them in and hitting "enter" the URL is re-routed through another service (for example, to a go.magikly.ly/____ page) and then onto the typed in URL, but with a lot of what appears to be tracking URL added on to it.

For example, if I type in "Lowes.com" I end up at:
https://www.lowes.com/?irclickid=TdBUPGTQCxbcT3E1YvSbQUCJUkpWORx1PVOAqY0&irgwc=1&afsrc=1&cm_mmc=aff--c--prd--mdv--gdy--all--sitesuggest--95378--0
(modified to not be a real copy/paste but the format is the same).

And I have tested that this is not an extention doing this. And it happens only on Opera. It happens often, but not every single time.

Opera appears to re-route traffic to spending sites as an affiliate.

Is there a way to disable this? I'm not asking if Opera has in their terms of service if they are allowed to do this, they probably do. I just want to know if there is a way to turn it off.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @nb2000 last edited by

@nb2000 Opera One, Opera GX or Opera Air?

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nb2000 @leocg last edited by

@leocg Opera One

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @nb2000 last edited by

@nb2000 I don;t think there is a way to change that.

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nb2000 @leocg last edited by

@leocg So a baked-in, impossible to disable aspect of Opera browser, is them tracking and hijacking your shopping online as affiliates?