Built in VPN
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A configurable VPN within Vivaldi would be cool. I understand that Opera and others are about to add a in built VPN solution. Opera's inbuilt VPN solution is more a Proxy Server.
I am thinking of full configurable VPN solution. Over the last few years I have been using Strong VPN. A great product / solution. The pain is just to connect, disconnect or change port. I can see this as a configurable setting within Vivaldi, since configurable you are not tied up to one provider.
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@Mogle Opera added it months ago, and I'm not aware of plans for any other browser to add one, but don't forget that Opera bought a VPN company, SurfEasy, enabling them to do this.
Who else is going to do that? In other words, don't hold your breath and maybe just use Opera when you need a VPN. That's what I do, but Vivaldi is still my main browser.
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@dLeon Yes, but it's effectively the same thing as a "real" VPN as far as the browser is concerned. Of course, if you're torrenting or using other apps, you need something more, but a lot happens in the browser alone these days, and for that, it's perfect.
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I am not asking for a real VPN for free. Over the years I have used a few different VPN solutions, all of the require some sort of client and or config configuration. What I am suggesting is, these settings is hold within the setting of the browser. It should be possible to do this without committing you to a specific VPN provider.
I have seen that a few anti-virus providers are thinking of adding different VPN tools within their offering. Currently I think all of them are more or less different proxy settings.
I predict that real VPN settings shortly will be available from the browser settings or / and from your ant-virus protection provider.
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IMHO VPN and similar things are best left to purpose-built programs - trying to cram everything into a browser will just result in half-assed solutions that are unlikely to be as secure.
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@dLeon Valid point. Thanks, I changed my mind.