So I've been using Opera as my main browser for quite s

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So I've been using Opera as my main browser for quite some time. It's fast, it has nice features like built-in adblock, video pop-out, and recently free HTTPS proxy. Most importantly, although using the same engine, it isn't Chrome so they must be respecting your privacy more than Google especially after rolling out these free proxies. But are they really?

I took a closer look at Opera's traffic when using their proxy. It works as intended, it relays all the traffic through HTTPS including sites not using SSL. Then I've noticed something odd. Every few hours Opera process enters a mode when it repeatedly tries to establish outgoing SSH connections with remote hosts. Some of them lay within the same address space as currently used HTTPS proxy. The other seem to have no affiliation with Opera company http://pastebin.com/raw/4PgNShjw
Browser also tries to connect with other hosts on TCP port 8181 reasons unknown

Really makes you think... Doesn't it?