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Re:Opera is Reborn by hd4 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @05:53AM (#14307064)
Let's say, worst-case scenario and this consortium of companies is heavily linked to the Chinese govt. So what? Why would a foreign govt care about me, a citizen in a Western country? For what purpose (other than to maybe sell me stuff)?

It's for this reason I have considered using a Chinese/Russian email service rather than Gmail, at least there is a chance they won't cooperate with the local authorities if they ever want to clamp down on my ass for some reaosn.

Re:Opera is Reborn by brianwawok on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @08:34AM (#14307650)
Do you own a business? Perhaps have some closed source software product? Many state actors would happily lift it from your inbox and pass it to some local startups.
Re:Opera is Reborn by hd4 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:14AM (#14307865)
I think most people who either own or work at businesses hopefully would be smart/careful enough to not take this risk (for business purposes I personally would only use open-source software whenever possible, and at least try and encrypt sensitive emails or just use something with E2E like Whatsapp), but people using internet/email for non-commercial purposes (i.e. the majority of users) would probably not care what state actors did.
Re:Opera is Reborn by prawn on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @07:50AM (#14307465)
Might be a bit far-fetched, but an organisation that wanted Chinese companies to ultimately succeed might take and use information you are privy to at a medium to large, competing American (for example) company.
Re:Opera is Reborn by GrinningFool on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @08:51AM (#14307751)
You? Maybe not, I don't know much about you. But I would think out of a few million US users, they're able to turn up some useful tidbits.

Particularly as people use this to browse private repositories, corporate intranets, etc.

Re:Opera is Reborn by Markoff on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @03:54PM (#14311083)
they are more likely steal your credit card data and vacuum your bank account due to insecurity of Chinese or Russian apps compared to western apps