Opera to Start Phoning Home? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 20, 2006 @05:46AM from the they-know-what's-good-for-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Near the end of a story about Opera's determination to stay in the game: 'Earlier this week, Opera announced an addition that will keep it in step with its rivals. Johan Borg, a developer working on the browser, said Tuesday in a blog that the next edition, Opera 9.1, will include beefed up anti-phishing and anti-fraud features. Rather than simply indicate that a site is secure with a notation in the address bar, Opera 9.1 will also query Opera-owned servers for information on any site visited. Those that Opera has identifies as fraudulent will be automatically blocked by the browser.'"

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I'm sure that... by justinbach · 2006-10-20 05:53 · Score: 5, Funny

the Opera users among us will have some interesting things to say about this. Both of them!

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why wouldn't i trust him by Anonymous Coward · 2006-10-20 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, with a name like Borg, I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't trust what he has to say...