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Phishing protection under Opera

Opera has integrated phishing protection that sends an alert if problems arise with a certificate.

In case of SSL-encrypted connections, the browser informs the user of the owner of a certificate in the address line.

Click on the name to open a window with detailed information regarding the certificate. However, the user must still check whether the owner of the certificate is the correct person.

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