In 2016, Opera’s synchronization service was hacked. It misleadingly advertises itself as a VPN, has an invasive privacy policy, and lacks any form of tunneling protocol.įor the reasons listed above, we can’t recommend Opera VPN as a safe, secure or private VPN solution. So, given that Opera VPN isn’t really a full VPN, is it still safe to use? Let’s find out in the section below. Opera VPN is better than most proxies because it actually encrypts your data, but it won’t offer the comprehensive privacy and protection that a full VPN provides.

Instead, Opera VPN is more of a secure proxy service that spoofs your location by hiding your IP address. A proper VPN encrypts and protects all of your internet activity, not just what is sent within the browser.

Opera’s service is therefore not actually a full VPN. Anything you do outside the browser – such as torrenting or watching Netflix via another app – will remain unprotected. When you use Opera VPN, only traffic from within the Opera browser goes through the VPN servers. However, the country we connected to didn’t always match the location we selected.įor example, the ‘Americas’ virtual server location assigned us a Vietnamese IP address. WARNING: When we tested Opera VPN’s servers, there were at least six locations: Argentina, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, US, and Vietnam.

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