Opera Software takes its VPN campaign to iOS with a free, unlimited virtual private network app. Launched recently, the new app follows Opera’s debut in late April of a free, built-in virtual private network in the beta version of its PC and Mac browsers. Opera’s VPN services are offered by SurfEasy, a Canadian VPN provider that Opera acquired in early 2015.
Opera says one reason it decided to offer the app was to help people get around corporate and school firewalls. “Every day, millions of people, from students to working people, find that social-media sites are blocked when they surf on their campus or workplace Wi-Fi. We help people to break down the barriers of the web,” SurfEasy President Chris Houston said in the iOS app’s announcement.
Currently, Opera VPN for iOS offers exit servers where websites think you are in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore.The new Opera VPN app also includes ad-blocking features to kill online ads, and web trackers that follow your browsing habits online to better target advertising. Opera VPN appcan be downloaded and installed from the App Store.