Forget to turn on your VPN? Opera's free browser VPN now does it for you on public Wi-Fi

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Opera's free browser VPN now does it for you on public Wi-Fi News By Monica J. White Published 24 September 2026 The opt-in feature activates Opera's free built-in VPN when it detects an unsecured network When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. It's free, doesn't require an account, and has no fixed bandwidth cap.

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▪Opera's free browser VPN now does it for you on public Wi-Fi News By Monica J.
▪White Published 24 September 2026 The opt-in feature activates Opera's free built-in VPN when it detects an unsecured network When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
▪It's free, doesn't require an account, and has no fixed bandwidth cap.

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▪ Opera’s free built-in VPN can now turn on automatically when using public Wi-Fi — 9to5Mac

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VPN VPN Services Forget to turn on your VPN? Opera's free browser VPN now does it for you on public Wi-Fi News By Monica J. White Published 24 September 2026 The opt-in feature activates Opera's free built-in VPN when it detects an unsecured network When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Opera) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Opera's free built-in VPN can now switch itself on public, unsecured Wi-FiThe opt-in feature is rolling out to users in the US and France firstOpera VPN Free still only protects your browserOpera browser is making it…

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