We conducted a study across seven countries (USA, UK, Canada, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Australia) that shows almost half of internet users do not trust the information they see online, with those in the USA feeling most impacted. More here
https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear-reveals-nearly-half-of-internet-users-believe-they-face-online-censorship/

Have you visited our anti-censorship hub? Here, you'll find all product updates, programs, and blogs about TunnelBear's work in the internet freedom community: https://www.tunnelbear.com/anticensorship-hub

We spoke with Ideas Beyond Borders about the importance of online media literacy, digital security, and how translation can help fight misinformation. Sincerely rawrs, #TunnelBearTales #OpenandUncensored - https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/ideas-beyond-borders-tunnelbear-tales/

#OpenAndUncensored - Here's a peek into our 4 stage development framework for combatting censorship, which explains how we've been working to make TunnelBear accessible in Iran https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/iran-and-the-four-stages-of-censorship/

#OpenAndUncensored - Internet disruptions in Iran are happening more frequently, so we're giving our users in Iran a temporary 100GB per month allowance to use TunnelBear. Our VPN service can be used as a tool to protect #privacy and bypass #censorship.🐻 Users in Iran can access TunnelBear through @Paskoocheh or @TooshehApp.

OpenAndUnsensored#
اختلالات اینترنت در ایران همچنان و بیش از پیش اتفاق می‌افتد. بنابراین تصمیم گرفتیم تا به کاربران خود در ایران به طور موقت ماهانه ۱۰۰ گیگابایت استفاده رایگان از فیلترشکن TunnelBear را هدیه دهیم.
خدمات فیلترشکن ما می‌تواند به عنوان ابزاری برای حفاظت از #حریم_خصوصی و دور زدن #سانسور مورد استفاده قرار گیرد.

🐻 کاربران در ایران می‌توانند به خدمات ما از طریق @paskoocheh یا اپ @TooshehApp دسترسی پیدا کنند.

Thanks to our friends at Localization lab, TunnelBear users in Myanmar can now access our service in Burmese. #OpenandUncensored

Localization Lab က သူငယ်ချင်းများကို အထူးကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည်။ ယခု ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ TunnelBear ဝန်ဆောင်မှုကို မြန်မာပြည်ရှိ အသုံးပြုသူများက မြန်မာဘာသာနှင့် အသုံးပြုနိုင်ပါပြီ။ #OpenandUncensored

✨ As part of our mission for an open and uncensored internet, we’ve been working to make TunnelBear available to folks living in restricted environments.

🥳 We’re happy to announce that our verified telegram channel is an official source for those who can’t access the TunnelBear Android app through the Google Play App Store in their country.

👀 The latest version of TunnelBear will be uploaded as an APK file to the channel for Android users in restricted environments to download.

🤔 FAQs

Is this the only place to download TunnelBear?
If TunnelBear is on the Google Play App Store in your country, this is the best place to go.

If TunnelBear is not available on the Google Play App Store, then with the exception of @Paskoocheh and @TooshehApp for our users in Iran, the verified TunnelBear channel is the only place to download TunnelBear on Android devices.

What is an APK?
File format used by the Android operating system. The APKs posted on @TunnelBearOfficial will work across all Android devices.

How do I download the APK?
There are two ways to download an APK from Telegram, each one has its own benefits. Please choose the method best suited to your device

Default (This may take up some storage space on your Telegram app)
- Click the APK in Telegram, Telegram will download the APK into a special app storage within Telegram
- Once the download is done, click the same file again
- Once prompt appears to install, hit install

Storage saver (More steps, but allows you to delete old APK installer files)
- Click the three little dots next to the APK in Telegram
- Click “Save to downloads”
- Open your "Files" app on your device, find the APK
- Click the APK
- Hit install once prompt appears
- Once successful, you can delete the APK installer file you just downloaded

Do I need to have a Telegram account to do this?
Yes, you need a Telegram account and app to download a file from any channel.

Do I need to set up any special permissions to do this?
Please make sure you have the following permissions set:
- Go to your device’s settings
- Go to the Telegram app settings
- Click “app info”
- Allow “Install unknown apps”
- Hit “allow from this source”

My install is failing, why?
There’s a few reasons this might be happening. Let’s walk through them.

First, please make sure you have the right permissions chosen as laid out above.

Second, it’s possible you’re already using a newer version of the app than the one you’re trying to install. Be sure to check the app version number in the file name before downloading the APK.

Lastly, if your current version of TunnelBear was installed on the Google Play App Store, you will not be able to download the app on Telegram.

What do I do if it’s still not working?
Please reach out to support@tunnelbear.com, who will direct your request to the appropriate person on our team.

Rawr! Here is the latest TunnelBear Android app version. Download for secure browsing.

Hi everyone. It’s been a while, however we wanted to share that we will be posting an updated APK soon. We are also working on a brand new TunnelBear application for Android users that we hope will be available in the coming months.

We also want to take the time to remind people here that Iran has been a long term member of our Bandwidth Program, and that anyone connecting from Iran will have access to 100GB of VPN bandwidth every month. TunnelBear is essentially free for Iran.

Please spread the word, you can read more here: https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear-in-iran/

Rawr! As promised, here is the latest version of the TunnelBear Android Application. Stay safe!

Rawr! We've upgraded our Bear! What's new?

- Revamped and redesigned! Taking the best of the old, TunnelBear has a shiny new look and feel.
- Two Bears are better than one! New architectural advancements have been made to our SplitBear feature.
- Bear filing system improved. You can now search for the tunnel you want to connect to with our new country search feature.
- Break-ups can be tough, but we've said goodbye to the Trusted Networks feature. Users will no longer be able to bypass select networks.
- Extensive workout sessions have led to a firmer Bear handshake. ECH now supported to help protect important client metadata.
- Squished some bugs.
- 101% more (two-headed) Bears.

Please note that we have stopped supporting Android 7.0 and older. If you accidentally install this, TunnelBear will not work. Use version 3.6.9 posted on November 10 for older devices! 🐻

Hello all! Attached is the latest version of TunnelBear for Android. We've added a few more anti-censorship methods, some new features (for example selecting which protocol you want to use or auto-enabling ghostbear) and squashed some bug. Please install and explore 🐻

From today we'll also share the link and executable for the Windows TunnelBear application. Same functionality as Android, but for your Windows PC 💻. Download from https://tunnelbear.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/pc/TunnelBear-Installer.exe .

And for our friends with Macs 🖥️: https://tunnelbear.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/mac/TunnelBear.zip