For example, never connect to public WiFi, change your password regularly.

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      why not? they have options to block ads, trackers, cookies and you can jack them up with extensions and other layers of privacy. the features their prowlers have and the overall feel, they make them great in my opinion. edit: browsers* but I’m leaving prowlers lol

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        https://legal.opera.com/privacy/privacy.html This is the general page, you can find more information by checking the privacy policies of the single services. A lot of third parties are contacted, and some services will set an ID on you for advertising within the services.

        Also, Opera is owned since 2016 by the Chinese company Qihoo 360.

        Its not major, but its important to know about it. The best aspect of online privacy freedom is choosing what’s your right balance between sent data and comfort, and Opera services are not bad at all.

        Falling for paranoia when there is no need appears to be very common in the privacy enthusiasts community.

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          it seems like those issues can be solved by other layers of blocking/encryption, such as extensions, VPN and DNS services, and tracker controlling apps

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        Download opera for android, look at your firewall logs. Map the IPs it connects to, ask yourself why it connects to a field in mainland China near a research university.

        There are no rich people without connections.

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          as I said in another reply, using more layers of encryption and hiding should solve the problem to a reasonable degree. and as another reply said, often we get a bit too worked up after the idea of privacy to the point where it begins being beyond reason.

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          as I said in another reply, using more layers of encryption and hiding should solve the problem to a reasonable degree. and as another reply said, often we get a bit too worked up after the idea of privacy to the point where it begins being beyond reason.

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            I would not want to use an app that did that. Encryption will not matter if the browser itself is sending telemetry somewhere you would rather it did not.

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          as I said in another reply, using more layers of encryption and hiding should solve the problem to a reasonable degree. and as another reply said, often we get a bit too worked up after the idea of privacy to the point where it begins being beyond reason.