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There is no mention of security in the PR article.

Wondering how easy or difficult it would be for someone to hack into my local opera web server? Possibly the answer is as much as they can hack into your normal web server.

I would guess a bulk of internet users would fear to use this service. They would continue to upload than share local directories online.

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One thing I REALLY trust Opera with - is the security. I've been using browser for ages and never had I security breach through Opera.

There are a whole range of fundamental differences between securing a client application and securing a server application.

I'm not saying that the Opera browser will de facto become insecure, but it's just opened itself up to a potentially huge range of unknown exploits - all servers or software services require some knowledge and configuration to make them secure.

I wish them well, but I foresee this causing a lot of security problems.

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