Opera to Start Phoning Home?

An anonymous reader writes "Near the end of a story about Opera's determination to stay in the game: 'Earlier this week, Opera announced an addition that will keep it in step with its rivals. Johan Borg, a developer working on the browser, said Tuesday in a blog that the next edition, Opera 9.1, will include beefed up anti-phishing and anti-fraud features. Rather than simply indicate that a site is secure with a notation in the address bar, Opera 9.1 will also query Opera-owned servers for information on any site visited. Those that Opera has identifies as fraudulent will be automatically blocked by the browser.'"

I'm sure that...

[justinbach]

the Opera users among us will have some interesting things to say about this. Both of them!

Re:Hmm Suits in the waiting?

[Raumkraut]

From the artcle:
Our servers get the trust information from a database supplied by GeoTrust

  HTTP/1.1 303 See Other

why wouldn't i trust him

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, with a name like Borg, I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't trust what he has to say...

Re:Hmm Suits in the waiting?

[ackthpt]

From the artcle: Our servers get the trust information from a database supplied by GeoTrust

However, to get at GeoTrust, a party would likely have to sue Opera. IANAL, but Opera would, likely be viewed as complicit.

Can you see the up-coming /. headline?

c4n4d14n ph4m4c13 Files Defamation Claim Against Opera and GeoTrust

Johan Borg????

[gstoddart]

Johan Borg??? Oh, the irony. The diversity of your websites will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.

What an unfortunate surname to be working in the tech field. :-P

Re:I'm sure that...

[justinbach]

Yeah, I know. I actually use Opera too, and I didn't mean any harm by...wait a minute. I DON'T use Opera. I've had it installed for quite a while, but I'd only use it if Safari, Firefox, and Camino all bit the bullet.
I'd definitely hit it up before IE, though!

Re:why wouldn't i trust him

[Anonymous Coward]

Good job #1845829 - you shouldn't be thinking for yourself anyway. Now get your ass back on this goddamned flying box so we can assimilate our next target.

Re:That's fine if it's configurable and secure?

[TheoMurpse]

I'm not sure what this does for me that, say, Netcraft Toolbar doesn't.

Opera confirms: Netcraft is dead.

Re:secure...says opera?

[Anonymous Coward]

> Well the fact that opera will check EVERY site someone goes to against their own server might work in theory...but does anyone really want all their web use data to be tracked by a server?

When I go to DogOnMidgetAction.com or PapaSmurfSnuff.com, I want to be sure I'm getting the real site and not some phish.

Re:Great feature realy.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Now if only they would make a Symbian native version..."

Why does a sex toy need a web browser? It doesnt even have a screen.