I’ve let my paid Tunnelbear service lapse, but I tried out the extension on my Linux Mint laptop in Chrome using Canada’s CBC’s website, whose videos are normally region-blocked for yours truly. TunnelBears encryption is standard AES-256, and it supports Perfect Forward Secrecy, which means it frequently changes encryption keys to avoid security compromises. However, it’ll be good enough for the average person’s general usage, such as accessing region-blocked streaming video services-Canadians who want to see the US version of Netflix, say-or those using unencrypted public Wi-Fi, such as that in many coffeeshops. Both the free and paid versions of TunnelBear allow you to use up to five simultaneous devices using just one subscription, which is the standard limit for VPN services. The VPN can also be manually installed on Linux devices, too. It is also the leader of the Five Eyes surveillance alliance. The United States is famous for various surveillance activities that target both foreigners and civilians. That’s not good news, since the USA is not a good privacy jurisdiction. It’s also not as secure-the extension uses AES 128-bit encryption versus the apps’ AES 256-bit encryption. TunnelBear comes with native VPN apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices. TunnelBear is owned by the US cybersecurity firm McAfee. Why use TunnelBear Open Change your device’s location to access websites, services, and apps that are blocked in your country. Since the extension is an encrypted proxy, it doesn’t have the full range of detailed VPN options like what the regular Tunnelbear apps for mobile devices, OS X, and Windows offers. TunnelBear is the only VPN in the world to publish regular, independent security audits. The Chrome plugin works with the free Tunnelbear package, though currently has a 500MB data limit, even if you increase the limit to 1GB via tweeting about Tunnelbear. That’s finally changed Tunnelbear’s released a Chrome extension that, when installed, serves as an encrypted proxy and lets one turn on/off support to a range of countries (Canada, UK, etc.) easily with an icon in Chrome’s toolbar. The easy-to-use VPN service Tunnelbear has had support for OS X, Windows, and mobile devices for awhile, but has never officially supported Linux, or by extension Chrome OS.
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