It isn’t as secure as the main TunnelBear app - the Chrome extension uses AES 128-bit encryption, the main apps use a stronger AES-256 combination - so it isn’t the answer for keeping your entire machine’s data wholly secure, but it does simplify the processes. That’s because the Chrome extension isn’t actually a VPN at all, rather it is an encrypted proxy. 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. Existing customers can use the extension as part of their membership package.
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