VPNs are also about providing security for your online activities, the importance of which was underscored by Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks, but this extension is about convenience so there is a trade-off. It includes the same 14 global destinations to ‘tunnel’ to, but the more detailed privacy options - which include TCP override and the option to fully hide your location - are absent. “The extension is so fast and so easy that you should be using it in your everyday internet activity.” “Our goal is to make as easy and accessible as possible,” TunnelBear co-founder Ryan Dochuk told TechCrunch in an interview. TunnelBear also plans to launch extensions for Firefox, Safari and other browsers. For those who own a Chromebook or Linux machine, the extension brings TunnelBear to each platform for the first time. Initially, non-paying users of the extension will top out at 750MB, but TunnelBear told TechCrunch it will implement the 1GB offer soon.Įxisting customers can use the extension as part of their membership package. TunnelBear has long been a popular option for Netflix junkies overseas because its free tier gives a generous 500MB allowance - which can be upgraded to 1GB just by tweeting about the service. It will be particularly of interest to fans of services like Netflix and Spotify who don’t live in supported countries.

TunnelBear for Chrome is available right now. TunnelBear, the company responsible for one of the better looking and easiest to use VPNs, is making its service even more accessible after it introduced an extension for Google’s Chrome browser.

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