[LINK] Opera falls down on privacy

[Jan Whitaker]

Irene mentioned using Opera. I got nagged enough into downloading the 
new version. I was disappointed to find that their "you beaut" new 
technology platform euphamistically named Opera Unite is partially on 
by default. It's a file sharing program! It's first setting is to 
'discover' 'local' Opera Unite users. Couple problems in there. One 
is this default discover position. Two is some level of locality 
enabled. I haven't looked close enough to see where that setting is, 
but I soon will. Found it. It's in Preferences. You can set by site 
or you can turn it off. They hide it. Advanced/Network/Enable 
Geolocation is on by default.

There is also a storage setting that had persistent storage that I 
deleted and turned off 'use application cache'.

Javascript, cookies and 'send referrer information' are set to one 
upon install.

They are also offering an online server for remote synchronisation 
and data access called Opere Link, inbuilt email, a notes area and news reader.

Jan


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