McAfee Acquires VPN Provider TunnelBear (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday March 8, 2018 @02:40AM from the big-fish-small-fish dept.

McAfee announced that it has acquired Canada-based virtual private network (VPN) company TunnelBear. From a report: Founded in 2011, Toronto-based TunnelBear has gained a solid reputation for its fun, cross-platform VPN app that uses quirky bear-burrowing animations to bring online privacy to the masses. The company claims around 20 million people have used its service across mobile and desktop, while a few months back it branched out into password management with the launch of the standalone RememBear app. [...] That TunnelBear has sold to a major brand such as McAfee won't be greeted warmly by many of the product's existing users. However, with significantly more resources now at its disposal, TunnelBear should be in a good position to absorb any losses that result from the transfer of ownership.

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Well... by ChodaBoyUSA · 2018-03-08 02:46 · Score: 5, Interesting

RIP TunnelBear VPN. I won't touch ANYTHING with the name McAfee on it.
Re:The real question to ask: by EvilSS · 2018-03-08 03:01 · Score: 3, Funny

Only if they stop paying him.

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