Hi all,

I don’t really know how to ask this question. On one of my devices, I downloaded a web browser (Opera) and one of my friends made fun of me, saying that “you better like China knowing all the stuff you do online”.

I read the Opera website and it says it’s a Norwegian company, but on Wikipedia it does say it was bought by a Chinese company.

My question is: what does “China” do with my personal browsing data? Why is it useful for them? (and who are we referring to here, is that the Chinese government, a private company, who?)

I’m looking forward to learn more about digital privacy, but I don’t currently understand the “obviousness” of how it is wrong to use Opera.

I’m a tech enthusiast (hence why I’m here), but I’m cognizant that I have large knowledge gaps in some of these topics.

Thank you in advance.

  • @occhionaut
    -3•3 months ago

    Prove you are not some little pink and make 3 bullet points of nothing but criticisms (not constructive, not positive, NEGATIVE criticisms) of the Chinese Communist Party. You wont. You cant!

    • @[email protected]
      3•3 months ago

      Will you give actual evidence that China’s surveillance is worse than USA if I can say negative things about China?

      • China is a authoritarian country that should be broken up.
      • It should be investigated and sanctioned if found guilty of Uyghur genocide.
      • Fuck Xi and his cronies
      • Free Tibet
      • Free Hongkong

      Do you need more?

      • @Cryophilia
        1•3 months ago

        Russian trolls are greatly superior to Chinese ones, because Russian trolls are allowed to criticize their own government and that of their allies. Chinese trolls must support the “China is amazing” narrative, which makes them super easy to spot and call out.