Opera Connecting Out on Startup (?)

[croy]

Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

[no.one]

Post by croy
Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

There is a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to servers of Opera Software.
That traffic is largely unexplained. Questions about it are ignored here.

[Zak McKracken]

Post by no.one

Post by croy
Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

There is a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to servers of Opera Software.
That traffic is largely unexplained. Questions about it are ignored here.

If that means what it suggests, that would be a serious problem. Serious
as in "I can't ever use Opera again or trust it in any way." Which is a
thought I dread. As in "O noes, my favourite brwoser I have been using for
almost ten years and recommending to everyone and thinking was absolutely
safe and won't call home like cursed IE and tell my secrets to people has
betrayed me!". And also "I'll never again be able to enjoy the amenities
of a browser/e-mail client as comfortable as this".


Dear Opera staff, I don't like to jump to conclusions, but I think an
explanation is in order. Or a correction, whichever.

Zak

[Remco Lanting]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:13:50 +0100, Zak McKracken

Post by Zak McKracken

Post by no.one

Post by croy
Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

There is a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to servers of Opera Software.
That traffic is largely unexplained. Questions about it are ignored here.

If that means what it suggests, that would be a serious problem. Serious
as in "I can't ever use Opera again or trust it in any way." Which is a
thought I dread. As in "O noes, my favourite brwoser I have been using
for almost ten years and recommending to everyone and thinking was
absolutely safe and won't call home like cursed IE and tell my secrets
to people has betrayed me!". And also "I'll never again be able to enjoy
the amenities of a browser/e-mail client as comfortable as this".
Dear Opera staff, I don't like to jump to conclusions, but I think an
explanation is in order. Or a correction, whichever.
Zak

Check this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/opera.general/browse_thread/thread/89f97d64b99e9ad2/f300059ec2776358

If you have more domains you're not certain about, search the opera.*
groups first since I've seen this come by a few times already.

[Zak McKracken]

Am Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:17:08 +0100 hat Remco Lanting

Post by Remco Lanting
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:13:50 +0100, Zak McKracken

Post by Zak McKracken

Post by no.one

Post by croy
Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

There is a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to servers of Opera Software.
That traffic is largely unexplained. Questions about it are ignored here.

If that means what it suggests, that would be a serious problem.
Serious as in "I can't ever use Opera again or trust it in any way."
Which is a thought I dread. As in "O noes, my favourite brwoser I have
been using for almost ten years and recommending to everyone and
thinking was absolutely safe and won't call home like cursed IE and
tell my secrets to people has betrayed me!". And also "I'll never again
be able to enjoy the amenities of a browser/e-mail client as
comfortable as this".
Dear Opera staff, I don't like to jump to conclusions, but I think an
explanation is in order. Or a correction, whichever.
Zak

http://groups.google.com/group/opera.general/browse_thread/thread/89f97d64b99e9ad2/f300059ec2776358
If you have more domains you're not certain about, search the opera.*
groups first since I've seen this come by a few times already.

Alright, if this is just about initializing search and the like, I'm fine.

However, the main post was about "a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to
servers of Opera Software". That's something else than fetching an icon or
maybe an encryption key from a search engine. I think I'll monitor my own
installation before becoming nervous in public again ...

Zak

[ASCII]

Post by Zak McKracken

Post by no.one

Post by croy
Why does Opera start heavy traffic when starting up to
about:blank?

There is a lot of outbound traffic from Opera to servers of Opera Software.
That traffic is largely unexplained. Questions about it are ignored here.

If that means what it suggests, that would be a serious problem. Serious
as in "I can't ever use Opera again or trust it in any way." Which is a
thought I dread. As in "O noes, my favourite brwoser I have been using for
almost ten years and recommending to everyone and thinking was absolutely
safe and won't call home like cursed IE and tell my secrets to people has
betrayed me!". And also "I'll never again be able to enjoy the amenities
of a browser/e-mail client as comfortable as this".
Dear Opera staff, I don't like to jump to conclusions, but I think an
explanation is in order. Or a correction, whichever.
Zak

If you've hit refresh [F-5] during the speed dial page display it will try to
update the icons there and if you kill it during this process it will resume
next start up with lots of net activity.