Selection: 7 Chrome extensions to bypass locks

In recent years, the issue of circumventing various blocking sites is quite acute. The easiest way to solve it is using a proxy browser extension. And since Chrome is now the most popular browser, I decided to put all the most appropriate proxy and VPN extensions for it into one material.

ininja

Recently appeared free VPN and proxy service, which is gaining popularity. According to the data store extensions Chrome now has more than 30 thousand users and an average rating of four stars. In the past couple of weeks, I also use it, so I included it in the list under the first number.
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Of the advantages, speed is noticeable - the included extension does not slow down browsing much (you can find some data on the speed to be expected in the project blog), several servers are available in Europe and the USA at once, which allows you to access almost any blocked site .

ZenMate VPN

A popular tool with millions of users. Developers are positioning their expansion as a means of ensuring information security, and not just a proxy - the service allows the user to avoid spying on themselves by internet marketers, website analytics systems and other tools for tracking online behavior. There is also a paid version of the service (from $ 7.99 / month), with the purchase of which you can count on a higher speed, support 24/7 and get the opportunity to select servers in more locations.

Hotspot shield

Another famous blocking bypass tool created by Anchor Free. In addition to the actual extension for Chrome, there are product versions for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, OS X and Windows. As in the case of ZenMate, the service can be used both for free and you can buy an extended version (the price starts from $ 5.99).

TunnelBear VPN

According to Google statistics, this service is used by fewer people than the previous two, but it has the best grades - the average score is at the levels of five stars. This is not a VPN in the full sense of the word, but rather it can be called a proxy service using encryption. And when working with the browser extension, and not the desktop version, only browser traffic is encrypted.

The project pays great attention to security - in the summer of 2017, the company announced that it had undergone an independent information security audit from Cure53 and eliminated any errors found in the extension for Chrome.



The free version of TunnelBear has traffic restrictions - a maximum of 500 megabytes per month, then you will need a paid subscription, the price of which starts from $ 4.99 if you pay for one year at a time.

Betternet

Completely free solution to bypass blockages - the project is monetized by advertising (to view it, you need to press a special button), which allows you to save it not only free, but also unlimited. To start using, you do not need to create any accounts, you just need to install the extension and select a virtual location.

Hola vpn

Free VPN service with no traffic limits and data transfer rates, providing a choice of virtual location in 15 different countries. Hola acts as a peer-to-peer service: the computers of the system participants are used as data routers. There was a scandal associated with this when Hola VPN creators were accused of selling traffic and having vulnerabilities in their software - the project team did not initially report such a scheme of work.

Touch VPN

The creators of the service position it as a tool to access blocked sites. Project servers are located in the USA, Canada, France and Denmark. Despite the fact that the administration of the project claims that there are no bandwidth limitations, in reality it depends on the number of active users of a particular VPN server.

A few more alternatives:

• Browsec VPN
• Fast proxy
• friGate CDN

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