Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
Private Internet Access is my suggestion given their support of EFF, FFTF, Creative Commons, as well as the greater FOSS community. Full disclosure: I work at Private Internet Access.
TunnelBear Joins McAfee
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#22This is the opposite of privacy and you should be ashamed. You sold all of your customers’ info to Intel/McAfee at a price.
They have a very detailed and plainly written privacy policy which details what information is gathered and how it is used. If their customers put a premium on privacy they should have read the privacy policy prior to using the service and understood Tunnelbear's obligations under it. As long as Tunnelbear has met them they have nothing to be ashamed of. It even addresses the possibility of being acquired and the imp…
Further, they gave all of the personal information since it was all necessary for the transaction.
Unsustainable VPN companies that operate at low margins to sell to the highest bidder like this are the exact opposite of privacy conscious. :(
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#23Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.
These guys are great: https://encrypt.me I used them when I was freelancing and working on public wifi. Super easy to use and reliable.
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#24That aside, there are exceptions and someone is getting fucked over.
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#25This is the opposite of privacy and you should be ashamed. You sold all of your customers’ info to Intel/McAfee at a price.
They have a very detailed and plainly written privacy policy which details what information is gathered and how it is used. If their customers put a premium on privacy they should have read the privacy policy prior to using the service and understood Tunnelbear's obligations under it. As long as Tunnelbear has met them they have nothing to be ashamed of. It even addresses the possibility of being acquired and the imp…
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#26I dont see the logic behind this, any one could explain?
P.S Is anyone still using McAfee ? It seems Symantec has taken up most of the enterprise sales, while consumer are happy with Windows default protection.
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#27I don't get this kind of purchases. If McAfee intends to just let TunnelBear be TunnelBear, then what they're after must the business (as in the profit). In that case would there be more business sense in not selling, from the TunnelBear perspective? Edit: Also TunnelBear isn't joining McAfee, or I doubt that they are. McAfee BOUGHT them. Joining implies that you merged the two businesses with no money changing hands…
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#29This is the opposite of privacy and you should be ashamed. You sold all of your customers’ info to Intel/McAfee at a price.
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#30Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.