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Vivaldi has an interesting history. The company behind it, Vivaldi Technologies, was founded by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, who was a co-founder of Opera Software. The browser is aimed at the more technologically savvy user, and as a result, it’s highly customizable.
Vivaldi offers a full explanation of its philosophy toward user privacy on the Privacy page in its About section. There, you can not only read about how it handles these issues on its browser, but also other issues such as what type of analytics it uses on its own websites and how it handles privacy issues in its community pages.
DEAL WITH TRACKERS
As might be expected, considering its emphasis on user customization, Vivaldi provides a number of privacy-enhancing tools and…