“With the new Opera VPN app, we help people to break down the barriers of the web and enjoy the internet like it should be,” he added. The same goes for video-streaming sites,” Chris Houston, President of Surfeasy, Opera’s VPN division, said in an announcement released this morning. “Every day, millions of people, from students to working people, find that social-media sites like Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook are blocked when they surf on their campus or workplace Wi-Fi. In addition, web users today don’t want to have their access to the internet controlled by outside entities, like corporate I.T., especially when they’re using a personal device, like their iPhone. That acquisition came at an opportune time for Opera, as people are increasingly concerned about government surveillance of their internet activity. (It’s in the developer version of the browser.)
This is what Opera is already using to power its browser-based VPN, which is still in testing. The VPN service is made possible by way of SurfEasy, a company Opera acquired last year. This is useful when using unencrypted public Wi-Fi networks, too. Opera also explains that the app allows users to encrypt their local web traffic, for further privacy protection.
departments at workplaces and in schools.Īfter installing and opening the app on your mobile device, it will remove ad-tracking cookies – those that follow you around the web – in order to serve up personalized advertising and share your data with advertisers and marketers. Called Opera VPN, the app is designed to protect users’ privacy – it removes ad blockers, for example – but it’s also marketed towards those who want a way to work around restricted internet access, such as on networks managed by I.T. Following the launch of a built-in VPN service in its web browser last month, Opera this morning debuted a free and unlimited mobile VPN app for iOS devices.
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