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All systems are back up and o'paw'rational again. Thanks for 'bearing' with us today!
If you continue to run into issues with your Bear, please reach out at tunnelbear.com/support.
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We are currently experiencing some unexpected downtime as a result of our maintenance this morning.
We appreciate your ongoing patience as we get everything back online!
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Thanks for 'bearing' with us, our maintenance is complete and everything is back up and running.
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Reminder that our maintenance window is starting now and should last 1 hour.
As soon as everything is back online, we'll let you know here!
Learn more: help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/artic
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A'paw'logies for the late notice, but our maintenance window has been rescheduled for tomorrow, February 24th at 10:00am EST.
Learn more here: help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/artic
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Bear with us, we have some planned maintenance scheduled for February 23rd between 1-2pm EST.
Learn More: help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/artic
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We're increasing the monthly data limit for free users!
No more hoops to jump through in order to gain access to TunnelBear.
Read more here: help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/artic
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For users in Turkey who have a hard time accessing our website, you can download our desktop apps here:
Windows: tunnelbear.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/pc/T
MacOS: s3.amazonaws.com/tunnelbear/dow
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In light of internet censorship, following the devastating earthquake, we have made the decision to add Turkey to our bandwidth program.
Anyone connecting from Turkey will have 10GB of data added to their account.
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While Wikipedia is no longer blocked in Pakistan, maintaining an open and free internet is important.
Just as a precaution to help maintain access, users connecting from Pakistan will see 10GB added to their accounts.
Stay safe, stay informed.
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Wikipedia is no longer blocked in Pakistan.
We are happy to say we have confirmed that traffic on @Wikipedia and other Wikimedia websites from Pakistan has resumed as before.
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Thanks for 'bearing' with us! Our Mexico tunnels are back up and running - completely o'paw'rational again.
If you continue to run into issues connecting, reach out at tunnelbear.com/support.
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Rawr! Our Mexico tunnel is currently down for maintenance. Gotta get rid of those pesky dust bears.
As soon as it's back up and running, we'll let you know! In the meantime, connect to any of our other 50+ tunnels.
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In our effort to provide a safe and open internet, we've decided to add Brazil to our Bandwidth Program.
Users connecting from Brazil will receive 10GB of free tunneling.
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Congrats to for getting Wirecutter's top pick VPN! We couldn't ask for a better team to come second place to.
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Our bears are on holiday, the best way and fastest to get in touch with us is through support tickets at tunnelbear.com/support, we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Have a 'bear'rific holidays!
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Winter is almost here but our Bears never hibernate! Get 67% off a TunnelBear subscription by heading to tunnelbear.com/pricing.
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With concerns surrounding the upcoming Kenya elections, we've decided to open our network in the region.
All users connecting from Kenya will have access to 10GB of free tunneling for the month of August.
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In 2016, our team committed to having our service audited annually - something we have done, and will continue to do.
As such, we are happy to share our 5th independent security audit results!
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Where we are today isn’t without the sacrifice of many, and we still have a long way to go as a society.
To our LGBTQIA+ family, friends, coworkers, neighbours and users; we celebrate you. Happy Pride month 🏳️🌈
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Congrats to on the launch!
One of the most important things you can do for your community is remain informed about your elected officials. A handful of former TunnelBear team members have come together to help Canadians do just that.
getgovr.com
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Break-ups can be difficult, and we are saying goodbye to our Trusted Networks (network exemption) feature.
help.tunnelbear.com/hc/en-us/artic
Bear with us however, we have many new features which will improve TunnelBear, on their way.
Big changes are coming.
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The Russian Government has created a root certificate that can give them access to the network traffic of their citizens.
Be careful of the websites you visit, and when installing security certificates on your device and browser.
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/
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In order to ensure protest organizers, journalists and at risk individuals have access to a safe and informed internet, we've opened up our network to provide anyone connecting from Russia 10GB of tunnelling.
Stay safe, say no to war.
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Decentralized and federated messaging services up and running in three locations in Ukraine:
kyiv.dcomm.net.ua
odessa.dcomm.net.ua
kharkiv.dcomm.net.ua
running for communications; for web browsing and others useful tools. More to come! RT
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We've temporarily removed our Ukraine servers in order to ensure our users remain safe.
Anyone connecting from Ukraine will now receive 100GB of data when using TunnelBear however, and can still connect to other tunnels in order to remain protected.
Slava Ukraini.
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We've opened up our network to provide 10GB of tunneling to users connecting from Ukraine. Please stay safe.
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Rawr! We're back and ready to tunnel! The outage has been resolved and you should be able to connect now. If you still encounter any issues with connecting or logging in, feel free to reach out at tunnelbear.com/support. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
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Rawr! We are currently experiencing a major outage from one of our key service providers. This might impact connections, logins and so forth. We'll keep you updated on this as our develoBears investigate!
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Rawr! We are currently experiencing a major outage from one of our key service providers. This might impact connections, logins and so forth. We'll keep you updated on this as our develoBears investigate!
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Rawr! Thanks for your patience while we looked into this - the issue with our Canadian tunnel has now been resolved. If you are still running into issues with connecting to Canada, please get in touch at tunnelbear.com/support!
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Rawr! A'paw'logies for any issues with our Canadian tunnel. We are aware of the issues and are currently investigating. Please connect to another tunnel in the meantime! You can also reach out to our friendly Support Bears at tunnelbear.com/support for an update!
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Rawr! A'paw'logies for any issues with our Canadian tunnel. We are aware of the issues and are currently investigating. Please connect to another tunnel in the meantime! You can also reach out to our friendly Support Bears at tunnelbear.com/support for an update!
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Rawr! We are aware of some issues with our Linux configuration. Our develoBears are currently working on a fix. In the meantime, you can try to connect using our browser extensions or reach out to us at tunnelbear.com/support for further info.
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Rawr! Crisis averted. Our Windows in-app updater should now be functioning as normal. If you continue to run into launch issues, please uninstall and re-install from tunnelbear.com/download. If that doesn't help, reach out to us at tunnelbear.com/support!
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Rawr! Our develoBears are aware that the current Windows in-app updater is breaking our Bears! You can fix this issue by uninstalling and re-installing the app from tunnelbear.com/download. If you continue to run into issues, please reach out to us at tunnelbear.com/support
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Rawr! Our develoBears are aware that the current Windows in-app updater is breaking our Bears! You can fix this issue by uninstalling and re-installing the app from tunnelbear.com/download. If you continue to run into issues, please reach out to us at
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#TunnelBearTales 🐻- The bear-ific folks at share how they prepared for the social media shutdown in Zambia & what internet freedom means to them 👇 tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbea
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MYTH: Undermining encryption won’t hurt the economy | REALITY: Strong encryption protects transactional data, intellectual property, trade secrets, & pretty much everything of a sensitive nature. Weak encryption makes it easier for thieves to steal info & money, costing billions.
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MYTH: Backdoors for encryption will not undermine my security online | REALITY: Introducing backdoors in encryption only makes it easier for criminals to hack into systems.
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MYTH: To achieve online security, I have to sacrifice my privacy | REALITY: Privacy and encryption complement each other. Strong forms of encryption, including end-to-end encryption, are actually necessary for privacy as they keep your data secure from hackers, ISPs, and gov's.
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MYTH: I don’t need encryption, I have nothing to hide | REALITY: Having “nothing to hide” isn’t the same thing as having a healthy expectation of privacy. Most people close their blinds when they change clothes, even though they’re law abiding citizens.
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🔐Let’s close out #EncryptionDay by unpacking four myths about encryption. We’re putting our paws (🐻) down, strong encryption is absolutely vital for security & trust online.
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