Only every second person we asked in a global survey knew what a VPN was. Until now, VPNs have largely been used by people who have a good understanding of how the internet works. We strongly believe that if more people knew how the internet truly works, they would use a VPN – and we hope that by making our browser VPN free and easy to use, it will become an essential tool for everyone. The VPN lets you choose where to appear on the internet, giving you online privacy and security a boost while making content easier to access. When turned on, the browser VPN creates a secure connection to one of Opera’s five server locations around the world. With this launch, Opera becomes the first major browser to release a built-in VPN service. Today, we launch Opera 40 with our new free, unlimited, no-log browser VPN service.
