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If I'm using Opera with the Opera Turbo feature turned on (always, not set to "automaticly"). Can anyone see what sites I'm visiting (except Opera of course ...)? Opera Turbo uses a proxy server, so it should be that way, but as a not very technical person I'm not sure.
Why do I want this? Well: nowadays, at least in my country, more and more (legal) open Wi-Fi connections are available. In those environments I like to have more privacy protections. I don't mind if they can see my IP address, but I just want to hide as much as I can of what I am doing.
BTW: I don't care that they can see the data transferred; it doesn't have to be that secret. I only want to hide the requested Internet site links.
BTW: I know that Opera Turbo only works with non-secure websites (HTTP), but that's fine for me. I only want it to work with these sites.
BTW: I'm not need this for illegal purposes; I only want this for privacy reasons.
What exactly, is your question? – Sathyajith Bhat – 2011-06-07T08:35:03.980
I'm guessing he mean "cannot be listened to when using open wifi" ? – Manu – 2011-06-07T08:37:25.003
@Sathya: As I've wrote: "... is it so that nobody can see what sites I'm visiting (except Opera of course ...)?". – None – 2011-06-07T08:37:53.100
1@Manu: Yes, that's what I mean. Nowadays, at least in my Country, more and more (legal) open Wifi connections are available. In those environments I like to have more privacy protection. I'll update my question. – None – 2011-06-07T08:40:02.130
I wonder this too, I've asked the question to steve gibson, of grc.com, maybe he'll talk about it on security now :) – Manu – 2011-06-07T08:44:09.390
Unless Opera encrypt the transmissions this is no more secure than regular communications. I don't know for sure, but I would hazard a guess that transmissions are not encrypted, as the service is aimed primarily at low-powered mobile devices which may not have the horsepower to decrypt on the fly at acceptable speeds. – Phoshi – 2011-06-07T10:44:19.910
The proxy server knows what sites you visit, there is no such thing as being anonymous, unless you have serious hacking skills. – Moab – 2011-06-07T10:55:08.863
@Moab, @Phoshi: I only want to be protected against someone on the same Wifi/network trying to see what sites I'm connecting to. – None – 2011-06-07T11:04:39.587
@ Marc V, you asked how private it was.....maybe you should edit your original post to clarify the question. – Moab – 2011-06-07T11:24:37.160
@Moab: Done. Hope this clarifies my question more. – None – 2011-06-07T11:33:30.187
As far as I can tell the proxy option does not encrypt anything, all it does is hide your IP from any website you visit. Your ISP still knows what all your requests are. – Moab – 2011-06-07T13:08:53.563
Turbo mode was never intended as a privacy feature, but only to speed up page loads. – Moab – 2011-06-07T13:10:00.787