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

[nb2000]

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.

[leocg]

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

[leocg]

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?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

You can goto the URL opera://settings/enhancedAddressBar, disable promoted suggestions and restart Opera to see if it helps.

Don't forget that there are options at the URLopera://settings/privacy/consentFlow you can disable. There are also promotional options at the URL opera://settings/privacy you can disable. There are "continue" options at the URL opera://settings/startPage you can disable. You can also disable Cashback at the URL opera://settings/cashback.

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nb2000 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 I have gone through all of those pages before, and tried to disable anything that seemed relevant. Now I've turned off "Help improve Opera by sending feature usage information" and I'll see if that was their sneaky way of saying "let us monetize your shopping by selling your info and being an affiliate without telling you."

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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

You can try disabling the "Specific keywords" flag at the URL opera://flags/#specific-keywords too.