Opera VPN: The Best Free VPN Which You Didn’t Heard About
Nowadays security over the internet is getting compromise day by day. After the mass surveillance done by US government on the users of iPhone which was disclosed by the whistle bowler Edward Snowden who is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without prior authorization.
His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs which are operated by NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments.
After that people were concerned about their privacy and security over the internet. So, now people are more particular about this things. So VPN services came into play and now there is a huge demand for VPN. Due to these demands, there are hardly any free VPN service providers who can match the paid VPN services.
The developers of Opera Browser, developers came up with VPN for both desktop and Smartphone’s (Android and IOS) users. For the desktop users the VPN is integrated into the Opera Browser but for the Smartphone users they came up with an app called Opera VPN. As the competition is more, so to come out of the box Opera came with its Opera VPN service which is free of cost. It has a bundle of features which you get with some of the paid VPNs services like IPVanish, Hotspot Shield. So will discuss Opera VPN and its features in the later part of the article but before that will discuss what actually a VPN is and why it is used?
What is VPN? Why It Is Used?
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a technology that is used to securely connect private network passing through a public network such as the Internet. Using a VPN, a computer, tablet, or Smartphone is able to securely connect with others on the Internet as if they were part of a private network.Using this technology may also bring security threats like spoofing, snipping, and hacking as the data travels using the Internet connection. In order to avoid any security attacks, a VPN uses encryption and authentication to secure the data that is traveling on the Internet.
Opera VPN features
Free WIFI Analysis – It will test and analyze your WIFI network and it will get back to you with a security score result. A safety score between A+ and F, shown both before and after you turn on Opera VPN on your device.
Guardian – Guardian which blocks ad trackers and prevents websites from gathering browsing activities of users.
Shields your browsing in public networks – Airports, cafés, event venues – we all sometimes surf on public Wi-Fi. Using the browser VPN feature, you can shield your activity from being sniffed by other users on these networks.
Reduces online tracking – With the free VPN turned on, Opera will replace your IP address with a virtual IP address, so it’s harder for sites to track your location and identify your computer. It will also block many tracking cookies.
Free, unlimited, no subscription required – Enhanced online privacy should be available to everyone. So you don’t have to download VPN extensions or sign up and pay for VPN services.
In my next article, will give a detailed comparison between Opera VPN and Orbot.
Orbot which is not actually a VPN but it works like one. Orbot is also a free service which works on the Tor network. To know more about Tor refer to my article – What is Tor? Why do we need anonymity?.
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