When installing, it will intelligently add the VPN to the device – it was a breeze to install on Mac and iPad / iPhone, and installing through the App Store means I can easily ensure it’s up to date. That’s $12 per device per year, which is great value.

On the paid version you can have 5 devices, for an annual fee of $60.

There is also a lightweight browser extension for Chrome, Opera, and Firefox (although not Safari) which allows you to just tunnel browser traffic – although I prefer all traffic to be encrypted – e.g.

It’s also available for Windows, and Android.

TunnelBear is available for Apple macOS and iOS (meaning I can have the same system on my MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and iPhone), so I only have to learn one app.

TunnelBear has a free version, which allows you to try it out on one device – very useful.

Using a VPN hides your IP address from these.Īfter investigating a number of VPN options (and there are a lot these days) I settled on TunnelBear out of Canada. There are countless ways we are being tracked these days by advertisers, social media and other companies. And then there are hackers, trying to access our private data for all sorts of bad reasons. Using an encrypted VPN means people cannot ‘sniff’ any usernames and passwords while I’m connected to public WiFi networks for example. a laptop, iPad, smartphone, across a VPN benefit from the functionality, security, and management of the private network. So what is a VPN and why would I need one I hear you say?Īpplications running on a computing device, e.g. If I’m going to use my ‘iPad for real work’ I will need to be secure, so that’s where a VPV, or Virtual Private Network, comes in. My trials and tribulations using an iPad for work… this month … using a VPN.

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