[LINK] Opera falls down on privacy

[rene]

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:19:17 +1100, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Irene mentioned using Opera. I got nagged enough into downloading the
> new version. 

Hope you didn't feel I was nagging, certainly not my intent.

>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!
[...]

Hmmm, thanks for that info and I agree with you that the default settings 
you've mentioned (and making them hard to find) is not satisfactory - 
putting it mildly. 

I didn't know about that - makes me realise I haven't updated my Opera 
installation for a while - I'm using the version apparently immediately 
prior to them having added 'Unite'. 

Also, I probably should add that I don't think Opera's 'perfect' and nor is 
it necessarily suitable for people who want to just load something 'out of 
the box' and expect all the privacy and security configuration options to 
be set how they'd prefer. What I like about Opera is that it *is* highly 
customisable for people willing to spend time learning what can be done and 
how to do it. My installation has been intermittently customised at various 
times over the last probably decade, so it probably bears minimal 
resemblance to the now current default new install (and I probably should 
remember that on the fairly rare occasions I say anything about it). 

Irene