TunnelBear’s Chrome app digs the VPN service right into your browser

As virtual private networks (VPNs) go, TunnelBear is one of the most user-friendly, with a cute ursine themed UI and a simple on/off switch to make it appear you’re elsewhere in the world. Its newly-released TunnelBear for Chrome extension isn’t actually a full-on VPN. Instead, it’s an encrypted proxy which only handles data headed in and out of your browser, rather than from your entire machine. Still, that comes in handy when you want to watch video clips or access sites that are otherwise region restricted. Like TunnelBear’s Mac, Windows, iOS and Android apps, the Chrome extension will only give…

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