Privacy should be a right, I know I definitely don't need multiple governments and corporations with folders full of my data. This has become a game of "would I rather have country X have my data, or country Y?" Which is ridiculous. Essentially, whatever you use, there's going to be some degree of trust you must instill to the company and its developers.įor software where "you are the product," your data is going somewhere. If someone really wants to hide something, publishing under open source isn't going to make a difference. Very few people are able to understand code, even fewer actually comb through all the code and fewer still are able to find and decrypt obfuscated code, especially on large repositories. Even so, I feel like "open source" has become a cheap way to earn trust. I guess since it's not open source, there is no real way to know for sure. I even have Pi-Hole set up to block trackers and ads, but that only goes so far if the spyware is embedded in the Opera servers itself. agressive privacy settings, not sharing personal info, etc.), but it seems that gets more difficult as the years go on. I always try to be secure with my online presence (i.e. You're not going to get alerts of your data being collected, and if truly spyware, no policies are going to mention it either. The privacy policy seems to check out (does anyone even read those?) and although it seems very few (if any) have had any real problems since the purchase, spyware is called spyware for a reason. Is anyone still using Opera or should I abandon ship?Īfter reading through these, there is an obvious pattern of concern by Opera users for the protection of their privacy. I just find out that Opera, an Internet browser that I've been using for years, has been sold out to the Chinese in 2016. Is it still possible to trust Opera Browser?
Opera, for example, is a Norwegian company operating under Norwegian privacy laws, which are among the best when it comes to protecting people’s privacy.
Is Opera Really Safe Now That It's Owned By A Chinese Company? Is Opera (now owned by Chinese Golden Brick) still safe?. Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600 million Naturally, this is a cause for concern, and I'm sure long term followers of Opera have seen this come up many times: Most people know Opera is owned by a Chinese consortium since 2016 and quite possibly embeds spyware.
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