Hey dear community! Any opinions about Windscribe VPN and how they handle things? We would be thankful for any input!

@Regime6045 ProtonVPN supports port forwarding. @Bhaelros I think we’re still waiting for the things we’ve been waiting for this whole time? The iOS client hasn’t been open sourced https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/1312#issuecomment-1563379064 Their full node audit hasn’…

Why you shouldn't use a commercial VPN: Amateur hour with Windscribe Intro This is a writeup about a user to root privilege escalation due to a race condition in Windscribe VPN's software. What is Windscribe? Windscribe is a smaller VPN provider, they have about 69M users according to t…

This researcher is lucky they aren’t being sued. His behavior was unethical and borderline illegal. This came from pointless drama which started after Windscribe published a relief code for Brazil, because Twitter/X was threatened with a ban in that region. One person didn’t take this well and canc…

i can’t see twitter comment chains since i don’t have a account. and nitter is now dead. if you could take a screenshot of the thread that would be very helpful

[image] 632vx8: This came from pointless drama which started after Windscribe published a relief code for Brazil, because Twitter/X was threatened with a ban in that region. One person didn’t take this well and cancelled their subscription because they were mad because fighting censorship is app…

I think these apis are used to authenticate you login? Because if they set the api to their windscribe.com domain, it will be probably be blocked as many ISPs block VPNs websites in restricted countries.

Their Double Hop implementation is really weird, it is traditional VPN + different VPN extension server location, unlike Mullvad VPN which is built-in their app.

It is wild how far Windscribe has come. Eight years ago they seemed like the typical bottom of the barrel VPN who was selling super cheap lifetime Pro memberships (I think they still honor these, I will find out in 2026), I think my voucher was around $30 if I remember correctly. Now they may end b…

They seem to be pretty competitive when it comes to price. I was using their ‘build-a-plan’ tier for a while for $3 a month as it was all I needed. I took them up on their recent birthday offering ($29 a year for Pro). They seem to have deals fairly often though. Stack Social have a 3 year Pro subs…

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When Windcribe app is launched there are various domain activities like api.984bd7c214ff9239b88a0fcf1ce64690f7c53acf.com or checkip.984bd7c214ff9239b88a0fcf1ce64690f7c53acf.com and even api.block-only-if-you-have-a-small-pee-pee.io is it OK naming?

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