Over the past few years, Virtual Private Networks (VPN) have become popular to bypass censorship, skirt around surveillance, and break past local restrictions. Names like ProtonVPN, NordVPN, ...

Once upon a time, VPNs were pieces of technology that made it possible for you to work remotely and still have access to internal files and directories (as if you were local). VPNs of today serve a ...

Best VPN Best Opera VPN Alternatives in 2026: Time to Up Your Privacy Game More than 350 million people use Opera each month, and a growing number have tapped into ...

Pour one out for Olaf. No, not the charming snowman from Disney’s Frozen, the mascot for Opera’s free VPN app. Opera has announced that the warmhearted Viking will be retiring at the end of April, ...

Opera launched their free VPN on smartphones and tablets a while back and now the software is available on the PC and Mac with the launch of Opera 40. The free Opera VPN is built into Opera 40 on the ...

Olaf, the friendly Viking mascot of Opera VPN, is sad. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The end is nigh for a free VPN service for iOS and Android. Opera VPN will close at the end of this month. No reason ...

In an upgrade to Opera VPN Pro, the browser company has added ExpressVPN’s Lightway protocol to its premium VPN service. The open-source protocol is seen as an industry leader and matches top ...

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