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TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by mrkidd »

ksec wrote: post #26

Why does Intel wants TunnelBear? I 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.

Intel no longer owns McAfee, they were spun out a year and a half ago. https://venturebeat.com/2016/09/07/intel-teams-with-tpg-to-s...

Lots and lots of people still use McAfee. Symantec's management products are still light years behind McAfee. Symantec really wasted a big opportunity with what they did to Altiris.

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by ReverseCold »

sparrc wrote: post #30
Arubis wrote: post #13

Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.

I've found NordVPN very good and easy to use: https://nordvpn.com/

Note that the Linux support is "meh" (no client software)

It's still possible to setup by copy pasting a config file and downloading openvpn- but not as convenient as the regular application.

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by danpalmer »

sparrc wrote: post #30
Arubis wrote: post #13

Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.

I've found NordVPN very good and easy to use: https://nordvpn.com/

For what it's worth, I regret switching to NordVPN. It's unstable for me (it can drop out during peak times and I regularly have to switch server), their Mac software isn't great (struggles to reconnect on wake, poor UI, Electron app), I get random European endpoints despite always choosing the UK (meaning I can't use iPlayer which is region locked to the UK), and it's very slow compared to my previous provider (I have an 80Mb connection and NordVPN is definitely the limiting factor, probably cutting my speed by 30%).

I was with Private Internet Access before and will either switch back to them or possibly to TunnelBear in the near future I think. The last 6 months with NordVPN has been pretty terrible.

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by danpalmer »

bitxbitxbitcoin wrote: post #19
Arubis wrote: post #13

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.

Can second this. I switched to NordVPN because of their design (PIA needs a branding and design overhaul), but really regret it as PIA was fast, stable, generally great.

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by typicalbender »

matlock wrote: post #21
bitxbitxbitcoin wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Can second PIA. Used it for years now and its solid. And I'm not affiliated in any way with it, just a happy customer

Thirded, used for years and have never had a problem with their service.

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by cbzehner »

Arubis wrote: post #13

Nice while it lasted. Any alternative recommendations for less tech-oriented folks? TunnelBear has been what I pointed friends and relations towards historically.

Mullvad (https://mullvad.net/en/) is the highest rated VPN service by That One Privacy Site[0] and it's pretty easy to use.

It's what I use, check it out!

[0] https://thatoneprivacysite.net/2017/10/03/mullvad-review/

Re: TunnelBear Joins McAfee

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Post by moistoreos »

Tried them until they implemented the policy to block the torrent protocol. WHY. WOULD. YOU. DO. THAT. TUNNELBEAR. That's a legit protocol where legit downloads happen barring the overwhelming illegal activity that happens there.
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