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                Opera VPN behind the curtains is just a proxy, here's how it works
              
          
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ℹ️ Please note this research is from 2016 when Opera has first added their browser "VPN", even before the "Chinese deal" was closed. They have since introduced some real VPN apps but this below is not about them.
🕵️ Some folks also like to use this article to show a proof that the Opera browser is a spyware or that Opera sells all your data to 3rd parties or something like that. This article here doesn't say anything like that.

When setting up (that's immediately when user enables it in settings) Opera VPN sends few API requests to https://api.surfeasy.com to obtain credentials and proxy IPs, see below, also see The Oprah Proxy.
The browser then talks to a proxy de0.opera-proxy.net (when VPN location is set to Germany), it's IP address can only be resolved from within Opera when VPN is on, it's 185.108.219.42 (or similar, see below). It's an HTTP/S proxy which requires auth.

  
## monokai-exteded.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
 Copyright (C) 2014 Leo Iannacone <info@leoiannacone.com>

 This file was generated from a textmate theme named Monokai Extended
 with tm2gtksw2 tool. (Alexandre da Silva)

 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

## eventcmd
#!/bin/sh
echo "$1 $2 $3 $4" >> ~/test.mcabber.log
EVENT_TYPE=$1
EVENT_SUBTYPE=$2
JID=$3
FILE=$4
TITLE="mcabber"
#ICON="$HOME/.mcabber/images/chat.png"
TIMEOUT=10000

## SimpleHTTPServerWithUpload.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Simple HTTP Server With Upload.

This module builds on BaseHTTPServer by implementing the standard GET
and HEAD requests in a fairly straightforward manner.

"""

## tmux_local_install.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Script for installing tmux on systems where you don't have root access.
# tmux will be installed in $HOME/local/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

TMUX_VERSION=1.8

## wget.vbs
'wget.vbs - similar to wget but written in vbscript
'based on a script by Chrissy LeMaire

' Usage
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 1 then
  MsgBox "Usage: wget.vbs <url> (file)"
  WScript.Quit
end if

' Arguments
	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!--
	Copyright (C) 2014 Leo Iannacone <info@leoiannacone.com>

	This file was generated from a textmate theme named Monokai Extended
	with tm2gtksw2 tool. (Alexandre da Silva)

	This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
	License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
	#!/bin/sh
	echo "$1 $2 $3 $4" >> ~/test.mcabber.log
	EVENT_TYPE=$1
	EVENT_SUBTYPE=$2
	JID=$3
	FILE=$4
	TITLE="mcabber"
	#ICON="$HOME/.mcabber/images/chat.png"
	TIMEOUT=10000
	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""Simple HTTP Server With Upload.

	This module builds on BaseHTTPServer by implementing the standard GET
	and HEAD requests in a fairly straightforward manner.

	"""
	#!/bin/bash

	# Script for installing tmux on systems where you don't have root access.
	# tmux will be installed in $HOME/local/bin.
	# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

	# exit on error
	set -e

	TMUX_VERSION=1.8
	'wget.vbs - similar to wget but written in vbscript
	'based on a script by Chrissy LeMaire

	' Usage
	if WScript.Arguments.Count < 1 then
	MsgBox "Usage: wget.vbs <url> (file)"
	WScript.Quit
	end if

	' Arguments