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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 24 2016, @01:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-don't-get-what-you-don't-pay-for dept.

Opera is offering a free and "unlimited" VPN for Android users:

Security-conscious Android users can now tap into Opera's free and unlimited VPN service, which blocks ad-tracking cookies and tests wireless network security, among other things.

Users can change their virtual location by connecting to one of five regions—the US, Canada, Germany, Singapore, or the Netherlands—and borrowing an IP address from that area.

This week's launch comes just a few months after Opera rolled out the same service to iOS, where it has been downloaded by more than 1 million users. It was added to Opera's browser earlier this year, and all three versions were built by SurfEasy, the VPN company Opera acquired last year.

Android Police adds:

I do want to make clear that Opera VPN is not a substitute for a paid VPN. SurfEasy claims to not save logs of VPN activity from its users, but they obviously have to pay for their servers somehow (besides the advertisements in-app). SurfEasy is also under the legal jurisdiction of Canada, where privacy and VPNs don't always go hand-in-hand.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:41PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:41PM (#392583) Journal

    There are VPN's, and there are VPN's. Does your VPN maintain logs? Keeping a log for a few hours, for quality and maintenance purposes is alright, but logs should be destroyed within hours, or at most, days. The best VPN's don't log at all, not even to monitor quality. I certainly don't want to PAY SOMEONE to maintain logs on me for the alphabet soupers in zoot suits.

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