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BEST VPN
TUNNELBEAR VPN
$9.99 PER MONTH EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllm
TunnelBear doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of other VPN services, and it doesn’t have
nearly as many servers in nearly as many countries as its competitors. What it does have is an
affordable service that is extremely reliable and reliably charming. While competitors get lost
in the details, TunnelBear is simple and friendly, with character that is simply not present in
the competition. It’s also committed to privacy in a vocal way, showing that you can have a
pretty app without sacrificing technical excellence. This is a VPN people will actually use.101
BEST FREE VPN
PROTONVPN
FREE OR $10 PER MONTH EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllm
ProtonVPN manages to do the impossible: It crams all the features of the most expensive
VPN competitors into a package that costs significantly less. This service offers a unique twist
on multi-hop VPN connections, access to the Tor anonymization network, and a pedigree for
security and privacy earned by the company’s ProtonMail. What’s really unique about
ProtonVPN is its pricing structure. It’s flexible enough to fit just about any budget, and even
includes a free subscription tier with no data cap. It stands alone among free VPNs and is, by
our estimate, the only free VPN it would actually make sense to use.102
BEST PASSWORD MANAGER
KEEPER PASSWORD MANAGER & DIGITAL
VAULT $29.99 PER YEAR EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllh
Instead of using weak passwords or struggling to remember a unique one for each one of your
accounts, use a password manager, such as Keeper, instead. Keeper boasts modern, well-
designed apps on all platforms; useful password capture and replay tools; and secure
password inheritance and sharing features. For the security-conscious crowd, it also offers a
dedicated auditing section for identifying bad or compromised passwords and supports
several 2FA options. You can’t put a price on account security, but Keeper’s personal and
family plans are reasonable, in any case.103
BEST PRIVACY PROTECTION
ABINE BLUR PREMIUM
$39 PER YEAR EDITORS’ CHOICE Llllh
Abine Blur Premium lets you shop online without revealing your true email address, phone
number, or credit card details. If you start getting spam on a masked email address, you can
just cut off that address. A shady vendor can’t charge more to your masked credit card than
the value of a single transaction. It gives you control over ad trackers and other entities that
try to snoop on your internet habits. It even manages your passwords. It’s an impressive
solution for online privacy.PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION (^) I SUBSCRIBE (^) I DECEMBER 2019