Is TunnelBear Safe in 2023? We Investigate The Free And Premium VPN

how's it going everybody welcome back

today we're going to be talking about

tunnel bear now TunnelBear is one of the

best free vpns that you can get it's

also one of the most transparent vpns

out there so considering that most vpns

tend to collect your data and don't have

any independent audit reports to prove

that they do not collect your data

TunnelBear in fact has a ton of audit

reports now even though TunnelBear is

based in the United States which is

inside b59 and 14i's jurisdiction it's

still a VPN company that is very

transparent with regards to the issues

that they have with their VPN software

and as you can tell right here this is

the fifth annual independent security

audit so they do have annual audits that

they keep having and this level of

transparency honestly is almost

unrivaled even with premium vpns I mean

TunnelBear are very comfortable with

just showing all kinds of information

and vulnerabilities about their VPN and

even though the conclusions of these

independent audit reports are not

exactly perfect it still shows that

TunnelBear are willing to be as

transparent as possible and they're also

trying to improve their service by

inviting these independent audit firms

like cure53 right here in order to find

all kinds of vulnerabilities to fix any

vulnerability that could be in their

server infrastructure and as a free VPN

honestly the free version is just about

the same as the paid or premium version

but the difference is with the free

version you have limited bandwidth of

course you can get an extra gigabyte if

you tweet about them so you'll have a

total of 2.5 but what they do is that

they just give you 1.5 gigabytes a month

and that is all you get with the free

version but the cool thing about

TunnelBear is that you are able to use

all of their servers even if you're

using the free version now most vpns

will not allow you to use all of their

servers because while they're just

reserved for premium users but with

TunnelBear you are actually able to use

them I believe you have about 40 to 50

countries right here which is just a

great collection for a free VPN and

TunnelBear is just a VPN honestly that

you use if you want to secure your

connection when you're on public Wi-Fi

you do have the kill switch right here

which is called Vigilant bear and the

kill switch will stop your internet

connection if the VPN disconnects

unexpectedly and you have a few

protocols right here including the fast

wireguard protocol which is great to see

and that's pretty much it as far as

features you don't get many features

it's just meant to be a very basic VPN

and of course according to TunnelBear

themselves and I've tested it myself

peer-to-peer activities are not allowed

with this VPN you can't torrent and

obviously you're not really incentivized

to do so and you're not able to bypass

any Geo restriction questions with

regards to streaming services so if

you're trying to unblock streaming

services TunnelBear servers are not made

for that this VPN is simply made for you

to secure your device and encrypt your

traffic with their pretty solid

encryption which is the standard AES 256

bit encryption and you might be able to

bypass a few Geo restrictions here and

there but don't expect to unblock

streaming services I just mean that

you'll be bypassing gear restrictions

that have to do with specific websites

maybe you're looking for a website they

may not be available to you maybe a UK

only website that offers a specific

discount on a product that you're trying

to get you can do that with TunnelBear

but that's it so if you're looking for a

VPN that actually allows for unlimited

peer-to-peer activities without any

bandwidth limitations or throttling if

you're looking for vpns that unblock all

kinds of streaming services a whole slew

of Netflix libraries Amazon Prime video

uh the Plus Hulu and all kinds of

streaming services from all over the

world TunnelBear is not going to be a

good option here not at all but I do

have three other options and that'll be

Express Nord and surf shark of course

I've tested over a couple of dozen vpns

and I've narrowed it down to these three

is the best overall they all vary in

budgets and features so pick and choose

depending on your own situation and what

you're looking for out of your VPN they

all work remarkably well across the

board they have all the necessary

security features that you need it's

just that expressvpn is made to be a

little bit easier to use very much

focused on anonymity and privacy ease of

use and compatibility Nord offers a

whole bunch of bonus features which can

be very useful and surfshark is the best

budget option if you want to get the job

done at the cheapest possible cost so

that is pretty much it for this video

feel free to take a look at the full

reviews of these vpns in the description

down below and if you'd like to go

straight to pricing discounts also find

that in the description as well and

they're all covered by 30-day money-back

guarantee so let's say you get one of

these and you don't want it anymore you

can simply get yourself the refund

granted you ask for it before the 30th

day that's pretty much it this video

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