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posted by martyb on Friday March 09 2018, @10:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the missed-chance-to-sell-to-the-Boring-Company dept.

McAfee announced that it has acquired Canada-based virtual private network (VPN) company TunnelBear. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2011, Toronto-based TunnelBear has gained a solid reputation for its fun, cross-platform VPN app that uses quirky bear-burrowing animations to bring online privacy to the masses.

The company claims around 20 million people have used its service across mobile and desktop, while a few months back it branched out into password management with the launch of the standalone RememBear app.

[...] McAfee has said that it bought TunnelBear for its consumer-focused business, but TunnelBear has also branched out into the business realm, recently introducing a new VPN product for teams, so there is scope for McAfee to build on this foundation.

That TunnelBear has sold to a major brand such as McAfee won't be greeted warmly by many of the product's existing users. However, with significantly more resources now at its disposal, TunnelBear should be in a good position to absorb any losses that result from the transfer of ownership.

Source: https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/08/mcafee-acquires-vpn-company-tunnelbear/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @06:40AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 10 2018, @06:40AM (#650429)

    -- Why did you suspect this company again John?

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 10 2018, @03:38PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 10 2018, @03:38PM (#650536) Journal

    You beat me to it. I'm visualizing a PedoBear that drags it's victims into dark tunnels, instead of Chevy vans.