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Title    Opera Launches Free VPN for Android
Date    Wednesday August 24 2016, @01:38PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the you-don't-get-what-you-don't-pay-for dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/08/24/0233250

takyon writes:

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.

Original Submission

Links
  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "Opera" - https://www.opera.com/blogs/news/2016/08/opera-vpn-unlimited-no-subscription-free-vpn-for-android/
  3. "a free and "unlimited" VPN for Android users" - http://www.pcmag.com/news/347245/opera-launches-free-vpn-for-android
  4. "other things" - http://www.opera.com/blogs/news/2016/08/opera-vpn-unlimited-no-subscription-free-vpn-for-android
  5. "rolled out" - http://www.pcmag.com/news/344319/opera-launches-free-vpn-app-for-ios
  6. "was added to" - http://www.pcmag.com/news/343890/opera-launches-in-browser-vpn
  7. "acquired last year" - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2478464,00.asp
  8. "Android Police adds" - http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/23/operas-free-vpn-now-available-android-secure-expect/
  9. "where privacy and VPNs don't always go hand-in-hand" - https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-consider-leaving-canada-to-protect-customer-privacy-150107/
  10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=15469
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