But risks of browsing the web unprotected, I daresay, outweigh the privacy concerns in this case.Ĩ. Regarding malicious sites protection, there’s dilemma whether or not to allow it, since Safe Browsing agents impose several privacy risks, especially Opera’s Fraud and Malware Protection is considerably less private than Google Safe Browsing. It upgrades navigations to secure HTTPS and warns you before loading sites that don’t support it. In the security section, make sure you have Always use secure connections setting enabled. Let’s move to Cookies and other site data.īlocking all cookies is not recommended since it can break some sites, but this strict setting is still at least worth consideration based on your usability vs privacy preference.Īfter all, below you can set cookies to be cleared after quitting Opera, which is a viable compromise.Ĭoncerning Do Not Track request, I prefer to have it turned on, although the setting is not enforceable and many websites decide against accepting it.ħ. If you need it right now, you can go ahead and also clear browsing data:Ħ. If you want having your browsing history and entered search queries private, don’t share them with Opera, or your default search engine.ĥ. You may optionally disable these services – don’t mind these persuation tactics. The settings say: Opera may use web services to improve your browsing experience. Opting out of telemetry and autocomplete features is a wise step toward privacy, since it reduces data transmitted to Opera servers. Let’s first talk about telemetry and autocomplete. Once there, scroll down to the Security and Privacy section.Ĥ. Then, to access further settings, click full browser settings at the bottom of the window:ģ. There, toggle block ads and Block trackers (which are not blocked by default).Ģ. Open the settings in Opera and scroll to the Privacy & Security. Taking out of the box Opera in default setting for EFF Cover Your Tracks testing, no wonder it received by far the poorest results yet:Ĭan Opera be salvageable after tweaking its privacy settings? Let’s see.ġ. Another drawback stems from its acquisition by Chinese consortium in 2016. Moving away from the unique engine since its release, in 2013 Opera Software announced that it would drop its own Presto layout engine and will adopt WebKit, using code from the Chromium project. And even though it has had its ups and downs throughout the history, there’s still bunch of users sticking to this Chromium-based browser in 2022, unwilling to consider any alternative. Initially released in 1995, Opera Browser can be considered legendary by now.
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