Hi,

I'm on a Mac, and installed Little Snitch (firewall for outgoing connections), and noticed that Opera v19 uses Google's public DNS servers instead of what's configured in my network settings.

There is no setting to change this.

Of course, this is happening because Opera needs money from Google, and is now helping them gather information on people. This way, Google sees every single web page you open, which is exactly why they're providing their public DNS service in the first place - to gather as much information on everyone as possible. But I'm sure Opera users would not want to have their privacy invaded stealthily like this.

Let's see how long this post stays here before it's censored.

Well, the title just about sums it up.

I just wanted all Opera v12 refugees to know you can find peace and comfort with the combination listed in the title. FireGestures feels just as snappy as v12 gestures, can be used to open links in new tabs, and even works on Firefox's Speed Dial equivalent, ie. when there's no actual web page open.

This is it, then. It's kind of sad to go after all these years, but I'm happy to have found a comfortable replacement for the greatest browser ever made. I was getting really worried my life on the Internet would start being really painful, but Firefox has rescued me, and for that I'm thankful. I think I'll donate to them.

Bye bye! Good luck to you all!

Cozza, you don't have to tell me any of that.

I know everything we do online is getting recorded in various places. That doesn't mean I want to let Google know about every single web address I open, contrary to what Opera seems to think.

Originally posted by j7nj7n:

I didn't see any use of Google's DNS in Opera 19.0.1326.0 Developer for Windows. This version is not the latest. Opera used the one DNS received via DHCP.

It could be that this is a feature of the latest version, or caused by specific network settings (such as multiple DNS servers, or an unreachable one).

Could you provide some logs that demonstrate what you saw?

I haven't configured my Mac to use Google's DNS servers, and "Little Snitch" only asked about Opera v19 contacting Google's DNS - not v12, not Firefox, not Safari. Maybe it's only the Mac version.

Originally posted by sgunhouse:

Originally posted by jugimaster:

Let's see how long this post stays here before it's censored.

We don't do that. I can't verify the rest in any way, but as long as a post isn't offensive or inflammatory it'll stay.

Back when v15 was released, you removed a post I wrote about it.

Hi,

I'm on a Mac, and installed Little Snitch (firewall for outgoing connections), and noticed that Opera v19 uses Google's public DNS servers instead of what's configured in my network settings.

There is no setting to change this.

Of course, this is happening because Opera needs money from Google, and is now helping them gather information on people. This way, Google sees every single web page you open, which is exactly why they're providing their public DNS service in the first place - to gather as much information on everyone as possible. But I'm sure Opera users would not want to have their privacy invaded stealthily like this.

Let's see how long this post stays here before it's censored.