Windscribe adds Hashed Login: 'Anonymous' VPN Accounts Without Email

You can now create an Anonymous Account that logs in with a 32 character hash instead of a traditional username and password. No email. No username. Just a single secret that proves the account is yours.

What is an Anonymous Account?
Short version:

You pick Anonymous Account during setup.

Windscribe gives you a 32 character account hash.

That hash is your entire login on all devices.
You can get that hash in two ways:

Random hash generated by Windscribe.

Hash from an image (or any file) you upload.
If you go the image route, the image must be unique and private. Not your profile picture, not a common meme, not a stock wallpaper. If other people have the same file and know what you are doing, they can generate the same hash. Treat that image like a key, not decoration.

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yet you still can’t create a windscribe account while connected to a vpn (just re-tested it) , ironic

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Yeah, same problem here.

But it’s to deter abuse. Makes sense as much as I don’t like it. Tuta sometimes does something similar.

I can’t take my like off the news post anymore.

You can’t create an account with Proton if VPN is active. Try one of their free VPN servers and try to create an account. It is even failing with paid VPN servers.

As for WS, it is sad that there is no ability to change existing users into the new method.

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That’s pretty dope.