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Opera Brings Its Free VPN Service To Android (techcrunch.com)
Frederic Lardinois, writing for TechCrunch: Earlier this year, Opera launched its free and unlimited VPN service for iOS; today it is bringing the same functionality to Android. Like the iOS version, the Android app is based on Opera's acquisition of SurfEasy in 2015 and allows you to surf safely when you are on a public network. While Opera's marketing mostly focuses on safety, Opera VPN also allows you to appear as if you are in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Singapore and The Netherlands, so it's also a way to route around certain geo-restrictions without having to opt for a paid service. In addition to its VPN features, the service also allows you to block ad trackers. Somewhat ironically, though, the app itself will show you some pretty unintrusive ads. "The Opera VPN app for Android sets itself apart from other VPNs by offering a completely free service; without a data limit, no log-in required, advanced Wi-Fi protection features and no need for a subscription," says Chris Houston, the president of Opera's SurfEasy VPN division, in today's announcement.
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No thanks. For a VPN to be useful, one needs to be able to trust the VPN company.
I'm not interested in having ads injected in whatever I'm browsing. I'll stick with my lifetime membership @ PureVPN which only cost me a one-time fee of $99. Over 500 peers spread out through multiple countries around the world, static IP at an additional cost, really easy to use and no ads. HQ is in Hong Kong which has little to no data retention laws.
Opera Brings Its Free MitM Service To Android
TFTFY.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Is this browser keybridged to Opera Corporate? Is Opera able to decrypt TLS sessions run through the VPN? Does this add Opera-controlled root CAs that allow mitm?
Opera Mini has terrible security, as it uses the native Android WebKit/WebView. Does Opera guarantee that anything it provides for this VPN has current patches and passes all relevant tests (i.e. http://ssllabs.com?
Just downloaded it directly from Opera's website. Installed. Won't connect. Uninstalled.
A free, unlimited VPN service routed through chinese servers? What could possibly go wrong?
Is this a real VPN or just a proxy like the browser version?
Does anyone really need a VPN, or should all data have been encrypted from the beginning? The idea of a VPN is fine, however the end result is the same. It really comes down to point-to-point encryption in general, and for all purposes... Please stop boring me. Wow, even the place for nerds is a construct of stupid people.
Free = you are a product. Don't trust CLOSED SOURCE service.
Use Orbot FFS.
Ehem, no.
For a VPN to be useful (meaning that the 'P' stands for Private), the decryption keys need to be held by the trusted parties at the endpoints, and by them alone. The VPN provider is not one of those trusted parties.
If the security of your VPN relies on trust in a 3rd party provider, you have no security at all. You are just playing security theatre, and desperately hoping that nobody levers your butt away from the wall.
This is their data saver proxy service, which uses a SSL tunnel, which by other definitions is a SSL VPN tunnel. But make no mistake, they proxy all traffic. Better hope they aren't doing any javascript injection on cleartext HTTP. So far, they don't seem to be MitM SSL websites yet...
Great news. Vpn is quite a good thing, everyone should use it to protect personal data. I use an Overplay vpn service https://myipservices.com/vpnrating/overplay on my PC , but I can't use it on my android. So thanks opera for its app.