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.
