CoinTelegraph continues to review some of the top VPN services who accept payment in Bitcoins. Last time we covered Hide My Ass , which is arguably the largest name in the industry. Now we move on to some of the lesser-known options – TunnelBear and ShadeYouVPN . TunnelBear
TunnelBear is a very accessible and beautifully designed VPN. A simple sign-up procedure requires you to enter your name, email address and a desired password. After that is done, all you have to do is confirm your email, and you’re good to go.
The company offers three possible tariff options : Free – you can use the basic tunneling service for free with a 500MB monthly download limit (can be increased by an extra 1GB if you make a tweet about the company);
Monthly subscription – unlimited access to all features for $6.99 a month;
Yearly subscription – same as above, but at an upfront price of $49.99 ($4.16 a month).
The payment options include Visa, MasterCard, American Express, jars of honey ( yes, you read that right ) and, of course, Bitcoin.
The VPN app itself is very simple: you choose either one of several available tunneling locations or just the closest tunnel, and turn it on with a single click. The connection is secured with AES-256 encryption, and a simple test on speedtest reveals that the app produces no more significant effect on latency/speed than you would expect from any other VPN.
The app supports all major platforms, such as Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. TunnelBear has strict rules regarding logging user data: while they couldn’t deal away with it completely, it has been brought to a minimum. The app only logs your operational data, such as an overall number of connections (without timestamps) and the total amount of data used each […]
