Opera has built a free VPN into the browser

The new preliminary version of the Opera browser for developers has a built-in ability to use a free VPN. It became possible due to the acquisition of SurfEasy VPN service provider over a year ago .

The built-in VPN works, of course, only for data transmitted through the browser. It encrypts your traffic, hides ip, allows you to bypass site blocking and firewall. This is another convenient service in the browser, except, for example, the Opera Turbo option, which, while compressing traffic, also worked as a proxy server.

“Everyone has the right to privacy online, if he so desires. By adding an unlimited and free VPN to the browser, we made sure that you did not need to install additional programs or extensions from any third parties, ”boasted the company's senior vice president, Kristian Kolondra.

So far, a choice of three countries with an output server, the USA, Canada and Germany, is available. After starting to share, the number of servers promise to increase.

To get to the desired setting, you need to install the Opera version for developers, go to the Privacy & Security tab and enable the “Enable VPN” checkbox.

Opera is a web browser and Internet application suite released by Opera Software. Developed in 1994 by a team of researchers from the Norwegian company Telenor. Since 1995 - a product of Opera Software, formed by the authors of the first version of the browser. The total market share of Opera and Opera Mobile in December 2015 amounted to 2.05%. In Russia, the percentage of browser users is twice as high as the world average - 4.7%.