All of this is presented in a fun, incredibly cute, and simple to understand way. Once hidden behind the VPN, your own IP address isn’t visible on the Internet, and that means online trackers for advertising (or something more malicious) can’t follow you around. Setting the app up is easy, it’s turned on using an on/off switch, and selecting the country of choice is only a matter of tapping a Mario-like pipe on a cute map, then watching the titular bear make its way there. Netflix? That’s what TunnelBear will facilitate. One of the most common uses for a VPN is to watch online streaming video in places where the service is usually blocked.

That’s a considerable bonus, because we’re all using our mobile devices to browse the Internet and watch videos more and more. What’s more, it operates on your PC, Mac, through a Chrome browser extension, or your Android or iOS smartphone. The idea behind TunnelBear is to make these often complicated features easy for everyone to use. Updated on 05-13-2015 by Andy Boxall: TunnelBear is now available as a Chrome extension How do you get someone to pay attention to these two subjects? Wrap them up in a single easy-to-use app, call it TunnelBear, and make it look awesome. Neither is privacy online, regardless of whether it’s something we should be more mindful of.

Helpful, yes, but not something to get really excited about. Fitbit Versa 3Īndy Boxall/Digital TrendsVirtual Private Networks, or VPNs as you probably hear them referred to, aren’t very interesting.

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