[plug] Opera wrecked

[Jason Posavec]

Bret Busby wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> As a person who has been using Opera for years, as the (perceived) 
> safest browser to use for Internet banking, the latest upgrade is 
> apparently a wrecking of the Opera browser.
>
> Having upgraded to 9.51, this is a warning to other Opera users who 
> have not already upgraded, to be very wary about upgrading.
>
> The browser now, after being forced to display the login screen at the 
> particular bank, "times out" all of the time, so a login session can 
> be forced, but then the browser prohibits any actions being performed, 
> once a person is logged in to Internet banking.
>
> I do not know whether this is a security breach, but it is a serious 
> concern.
>
> The bank has advised me that this problem has been reported to the 
> bank by many Opera users, since the last upgrade.
>
> After three days, I have not received acknowledgement of the bug 
> report, from Opera. The bug report was expanded by me, to include 
> screen dumps, to show the problem.
>
> Also, having done the upgrade, and having uninstalled it, I am not 
> able to install any previous version of Opera, to get a functional 
> version of Opera, as 9.51 has apparently done something to my Linux 
> installation, that prohibits a previous version of Opera being 
> installed. I am using Debian Linux 4.0, and used dpkg -i to install, 
> and, dpkg -r to remove.
>
> So, if you are using Opera, be wary of upgrading to 9.51.
>
> It is dangerous!
>
> -- 
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>   written by Douglas Adams,
>   published by Pan Books, 1992
>
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Firefox is considered to be less safe than Opera?