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To: Utilizer
I am assuming you have Opera on your machine.

Have you read the “End-user license agreement and terms of service for Opera for desktop”? There seems to me to be some questionable language there, especially regarding third party software included, and and also “out of country” storage of your data.

This sounds like a spyware program to me.

67 posted on 04/04/2014 11:06:15 AM PDT by Principle Over Politics ("Man is not free unless government is limited" Ronald Reagan)
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To: Principle Over Politics
I am indeed running Opera at the moment, and have quickly reviewed the EULA as well as the information provided by the browser itself and Opera.com. The third-party software refers to the various multimedia players that all browsers need for certain files such as shockwave flash and mp3 files, as well as a dictionary for example. I found no references for any out of country storage but I assume that refers to the Opera Portal, MyOpera, and Opera Mail functions, none of which are mandatory usage items.

"The source code modified by Opera is available for download at http://sourcecode.opera.com/gstreamer/."

Feel free to peruse it at your leisure, but since uncounted 'nix geeks and slashdotters have been doing so for at least fifteen years I think you can relax about any potential spyware being part of it.

68 posted on 04/04/2014 11:39:43 AM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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