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Anyone like to recommend a browser-extension-based VPN tool that's a bit more respectful than Hola and is relatively cheap?

(Of course I run my own VPN server using OpenVPN, but Hola is really convenient when I'm only trying to get an American IP to avoid Australian geoblocking - it's also easy for non-technical friends to use.)




Tunnelbear recently released a chrome plugin for their VPN service. I hear good things about it. (I personally use the application on my Mac)


Tunnlebear makes no claims relative to logging its users activities or about its responsiveness to requests for them. Beware.


We have a pretty clear and accessible privacy policy that addresses these issues in detail https://www.tunnelbear.com/privacy-policy/ TL;DR: no logging


Thanks for the correction. It's improved considerably from when I was considering it.


This applies to any VPN service. They'll all fall to the legal demand to log, for a specific user at least, sooner or later.

If you want anonymity, a VPN service is not the way to go.


Try https://zenmate.com/


Just use Tor Browser, it's "extract and launch".


Tor Browser is great, but I'm not going to use it for watching video, which is all I ever use a VPN to do...




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