<s>
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
public	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
McAfee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tunnelbear	B-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Ryan	O
Dochuk	O
and	O
Daniel	O
Kaldor	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
cybersecurity	O
company	O
McAfee	O
and	O
subsequently	O
fell	O
under	O
U.S.	O
jurisdiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McAfee	O
intended	O
to	O
combine	O
its	O
own	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
with	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
's	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
was	O
set	O
to	O
continue	O
using	O
its	O
own	O
brand	O
for	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2014	O
Venezuelan	O
Protests	O
,	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
offered	O
free	O
service	O
to	O
users	O
connecting	O
from	O
Venezuela	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
government	O
censorship	O
in	O
countries	O
like	O
Venezuela	O
—	O
including	O
Iran	O
,	O
Turkey	O
and	O
Uganda	O
—	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
has	O
offered	O
free	O
or	O
unlimited	O
data	O
to	O
users	O
within	O
such	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
freeware	B-License
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
client	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
browser	B-Protocol
extensions	I-Protocol
for	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
and	O
Opera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
distros	I-Application
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
use	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
public	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
,	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
bypass	O
content	O
blocking	O
in	O
most	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
clients	O
use	O
AES-256	B-Algorithm
encryption	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
8	O
and	O
earlier	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
AES-128	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
connected	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
actual	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
will	O
not	O
be	O
visible	O
to	O
the	O
websites	O
visited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
websites	O
and/or	O
computers	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
spoofed	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
provided	O
by	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
consumer	O
VPNs	B-Application
to	O
conduct	O
and	O
publicly	O
release	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
an	O
independent	O
security	O
audit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Gilbertson	O
of	O
Wired	O
praised	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
's	O
“	O
cute	O
bear	O
animations	O
”	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
they	O
make	O
the	O
service	O
more	O
approachable	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
provider	O
as	O
having	O
security	O
features	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
competition	O
and	O
an	O
easy-to-understand	O
privacy	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
provider	O
has	O
faced	O
criticism	O
from	O
WireCutter	O
for	O
comparatively	O
slower	O
speeds	O
and	O
dropped	O
video	O
calls	O
in	O
their	O
tests	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
but	O
WireCutter	O
stated	O
that	O
TunnelBear	B-Operating_System
excels	O
in	O
“	O
usability	O
,	O
trust	O
,	O
and	O
transparency	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hodge	O
also	O
raised	O
concerns	O
that	O
Tunnelbear	B-Operating_System
's	O
records	O
could	O
be	O
subpoenaed	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
a	O
Canadian	O
business	O
owned	O
by	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
