Opera 50 for Android can disable ads

The company behind the Opera web browser has a feature in the latest Android version that allows you to disable ads.So you actually have a built-in adblocker in the web browser, which is of course very nice when you're surfing the Internet.More and more browsers seem to do this, earlier we made a blog post about the Brave browser, this also blocks ads and trackers.

Privacy is becoming more and more important

More and more people are finding their own privacy increasingly important and that is only good news.Adblockers also help this a lot, this has to do with the fact that many ads on websites have trackers or cookies in their ads.Here, a file is created locally with your personal data.

This can be all kinds of data, for example, things you clicked on.More often, however, this data is more specific, such as topics you have searched for on Google or websites you have visited.The company that uses these advertisements then compiles all this data to create a profile of you and, based on this profile, places advertisements that may be of interest to you.

For Opera users this is a very nice feature, not only because it protects your privacy but also because it makes pages faster.However, this will not apply to every page, only to pages that have advertisements in them.The reason for this is because these ads also need to be loaded and this can sometimes take a lot of time.

What can I do to protect my own privacy?

Of course it is important that you protect your own privacy, it is also possible to do this on your hosting.You can hide the whois data so people cannot easily find out who you really are.Especially for larger companies this is really a must because they can quickly find out what your name is.If you want to know how to hide your whois data, you can read the following article: whois hide.

Of course, there are also things you can do to hide your data when surfing the Internet.We always recommend installing an adblocker or tracking blocker, a good option is ghostery and for Google Chrome users we recommend uBlock Origin.

If you have any questions about privacy, you can always see if a chat is available.If there is no one on the chat, you can always submit a ticket to our helpdesk.