th3rEsa Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Goodbye, Opera. https://recode.net/2016/02/09/opera-gets-1-2-billion-buyout-offer-from-chinese-consortium-that-includes-qihoo-360/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Damn, I was actually liking the new Opera too. But I don't trust any software associated with Qihoo 360 as far as I can throw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeusProto Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) I like Qihoo. They provide a plethora of security software that is ACTUALLY free, not this "freemium" crap where 99% of features are locked behind a paywall and the free version of such has endless nag screens with 30 second countdown timers before you can close the dialogs. They offer an "Essential" one that is a no-frills anti-malware, and a more robust one that has a firewall, IDS, the works. I think they will do great things with the Vivaldi web browser. As it stands, the successor to Opera, Vivaldi is the ONLY web browser for Windows that offers NATIVE ability to have a vertical / columnized tab bar without additional addons. For this reason alone I love Vivaldi and plan to use it as my main browser when it matures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 ah well, might as well be moving to chromium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkernan Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 52 minutes ago, DeusProto said: I like Qihoo. They provide a plethora of security software that is ACTUALLY free, Seriously, how much do you want to trust free Chinese security software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, lkernan said: Seriously, how much do you want to trust free Chinese security software? Indeed. After all, you could be using Kaspersky and be snooped on by the KGB. Or, use Norton and be snooped on by the NSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCheck Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 21 minutes ago, Shiranui said: Indeed. After all, you could be using Kaspersky and be snooped on by the KGB. Or, use Norton and be snooped on by the NSA. You could also use neither and be snooped by the NSA. Any device with a mic and camera connected to the internet or cell service can be snooped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 I actually wonder why Google - remember Chrome's microphone accident? - is less suspicious than "the Chinese". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 5 hours ago, lkernan said: Seriously, how much do you want to trust free Chinese security software? I dunno. but the chinese unlike the american have not been "proven" to put backdoors, both hardware and softwar,e in software and network equipment they export. so perhaps more than US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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