There was no way to give people time to figure it out. The acquisition needed to remain a secret until actually carried out, and once it was carried out, this w

There was no way to give people time to figure it out. The acquisition needed to remain a secret until actually carried out, and once it was carried out, this was the only way to inform people. Also, Opera Software has an excellent privacy track record, and is located in Norway, which has some of the world's strictest privacy laws.