Scott Gilbertson of Wired praised TunnelBear's “cute bear animations”, saying that they make the service more approachable, and described the provider as having security features comparable to the competition and an easy-to-understand privacy policy. They record when their users connect to the service and publish annual reports on the number of times law enforcement has requested user information. TunnelBear was among the first consumer VPNs to conduct and publicly release the results of an independent security audit. Instead, the websites and/or computers would be able to see the spoofed IP address provided by the service. When connected, the user's actual IP address will not be visible to the websites visited. Īll TunnelBear clients use AES-256 encryption with the exception of the client for iOS 8 and earlier, which uses AES-128. Like other public VPN services, TunnelBear has the ability to bypass content blocking in most countries. Alternatively, Linux distros can be configured to use TunnelBear. It also has browser extensions for Google Chrome and Opera. Features Ī freeware TunnelBear client is available on Android, Windows, macOS and iOS. In response to government censorship in countries like Venezuela-including Iran, Turkey and Uganda-TunnelBear has offered free or unlimited data to users within such countries. Anti-censorship efforts ĭuring the 2014 Venezuelan Protests, TunnelBear offered free service to users connecting from Venezuela. At the time of the acquisition, TunnelBear was set to continue using its own brand for products. McAfee intended to combine its own VPN service with TunnelBear's technologies.

In 2018, TunnelBear was acquired by cybersecurity company McAfee and subsequently fell under U.S. TunnelBear was founded in 2011 by Ryan Dochuk and Daniel Kaldor, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. In March 2018, TunnelBear was acquired by McAfee. It was created by Daniel Kaldor and Ryan Dochuk in 2011. TunnelBear is a public VPN service based in Toronto, Canada. Subscription business model, with a freeware client app

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