# Opinions on Windscribe VPN?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/opinions-on-windscribe-vpn/10644
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2022-12-03T21:13:09Z
**Posts:** 183
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## Post 98 by @mangomango — 2024-10-15T15:34:57Z

Yes this is the only provider which offer :

- XMR payment (unlike Proton)
- [port forwarding](https://windscribe.com/features/port-forwarding/) (unlike the three current recommendations)
- dedicated IPs
- [bigger network](https://windscribe.com/features/large-network/) than Mullvad and IVPN (including more countries in Africa and LATAM which isn’t that common)
- [open-sourced all apps](https://github.com/windscribe), [have an audit](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EgNETLVm2oZdGJXZJmFSCDc7Ib72LIOw/view)
- a good linux app (unlike Proton)
- [is](https://blog.windscribe.com/ukrainian-server-seizure-a-commentary-and-state-of-the-industry-e71e8d205b26/) [transparent](https://windscribe.com/transparency/)
- [does not require email](https://windscribe.com/signup) (unlike Proton)
- 100% RAM-only nodes (what about IVPN Mullvad and Proton?)
- has a censorship circumvention feature that seems to be one of the best, and a decoy traffic feature on Android (like Mullvad).
- not VC-funded (fully independent)
- [Honest marketing](https://windscribe.com/ethics)
- Good guides about privacy for the end-user, about VPNs and the industry.
- Not as blacklisted as IVPN, in my experience.

It don’t has double-hop for mobile though, nor quantum-resistant encryption (they are “[in the process of beefing up our KEM (Key Encapsulation Mechanism) in TLS and OpenVPN protocols.](https://blog.windscribe.com/fresh-updates-from-the-windscribe-crew/)”) however.

I think they should be added because they really try hard to get around censorship.

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