Re: [Tips and Information] Privacy and How to Stay Anonymous Online

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on November 15, 2019, 05:42:35 PM

Quote from: lobat999 on November 15, 2019, 03:46:31 PM

With regards to VPN use, I would like to mention Opera Browser which offers a free and user friendly way to connect through VPN.

Opera's free VPN, like all VPNs, is a poor choice. It's not even really a VPN, just a proxy. They collect all your traffic and data, keep logs, and use it to serve you targeted ads: https://www.opera.com/privacy. Have a read of this: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/blog/operas-baked-in-vpn-is-not-a-good-solution-for-your-privacy/

There is no such thing as a truly free VPN. If it is free, then you are the product. As I said above, companies which provide free VPNs are making there money from selling your data, and this makes you less private, not more.

Thanks for sharing this info. I guess that is more likely the case but at least it gives us an enhanced privacy as compared to using a normal browser without VPN. I think its time for me to find other alternatives and reassess my security setup.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on November 15, 2019, 05:42:35 PM

Quote from: lobat999 on November 15, 2019, 03:46:31 PM

With regards to TOR use, Brave Browser has also a built in feature that would allow us to browse via TOR.

Why would you use a Tor plug-in in a browser with poor security which lies about being privacy focused, when you could just cut out the middle-man and use the Tor browser?

Its a matter of convenience for me on why I prefer a TOR enabled Brave browser as I see Brave has other features not found in a TOR browser. Afterall, I understand no one is 100 percent safe even with the best security setup on their systems.