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Windscribe for mac free safe download for free#
Windscribe for mac free safe download software#
Windscribe for mac free safe download download#
Windscribe for mac free safe download free#

Note: We connected to Windscribe’s German server (Frankfurt Castle) as well as Washington DC (Senate) server for our test. Left Screenshot: Without VPN Right Screenshot: With VPN (Frankfurt Castle)

Windscribe for mac free safe download download#

As far as speeds are concerned, most people are more concerned with download speeds than upload speeds (unless you’re hosting a seedbox or something), so this may or may not be a be deal for you depending on your use case. The latency, however, improved substantially when connecting through VPN. As can be seen from the images below, speedcheck results from seem to suggest that while the download speeds aren’t suffering a lot when connecting through VPN, upload speed are taking a bit of a hit for some reason. We tested Windscribe VPN on our office Wi-Fi that’s a dedicated VSNL 150Mbps business connection but is way too congested to give us anything above 10Mpbs at the best of times.

Windscribe for mac free safe download free#

Many of the locations are also reserved for paid subscribers, so if you’re a free user, your options are severely restricted. and a few other countries, you are limited to just single locations if you’re looking to connect to most of the other regions on the list. While there are multiple locations available in the U.S. Windscribe says that it currently operates servers in “ over 50 countries and 100 cities” around the world including, the U.S., U.K., Hong Kong, India, Russia, South Korea and more. Seen below is the GUI window of the Firefox extension. On the browser extension, you need to click on the ‘Cruise Control’ button to manually choose your server, while on the Windows client, you’ll have to click on the server name to change your preference. The screenshot below depicts the Windows client. It’s just a 1-click connection, but you do need to be signed in to your account to use the service. As can be seen from the screenshots below, there’s a fairly self-explanatory On/Off toggle that gets you connected to the default server, but users can also specify a server based on their their needs. Windscribe VPN’s Graphic User Interface (GUI) on Windows is fairly minimal, but it’s definitely intuitive even for the non-tech-savvy. Secure.link – Generate secure links to expose tracking practices of websites.Split Personality – Randomly rotates the browser’s user-agent to reduce the chance of fingerprinting.Cookie Monster – Keeps track of cookies and deletes them at the end of each session.Timezone Spoofing – Changes your timezone to make it seem like you’re actually in the country your PC’s connected to.Ad Blocking – Blocks ads and trackers that follow you across the web.Double Hop – Proxy your connection through any 2 servers on the Windscribe network.Cruise Control – Automatically picks the fastest location.

Proxy Gateway – Lets you create a proxy server on your network for other devices.Secure Hotspot – Lets you turn your computer into a secure Wi-Fi router.

Windscribe for mac free safe download software#

The software defaults to OpenVPN UDP over port 443, which is both fast and secure, but should you want to change the default settings, you can use OpenVPN TCP over port 1194 or OpenVPN TCP via Stunnel over port 8843 (Stealth mode).

Flexible connectivity via UDP, TCP or Stealth on a wide range of ports.

Firewall – Software Firewall that blocks all connectivity outside the secure tunnel to eliminate all types of leaks.

Some of the noteworthy features of Windscribe’s desktop client include: Windscribe offers a number of features to its users, although, some of them are reserved for paid subscribers. Unlike some other services, however, Windscribe doesn’t restrict users from accessing any particular protocol on its free service, so whether you want to stream movies from Netflix’s library (Windscribe calls it ‘Windflix’) or trying to download a torrent file, you can do it all with the free tier as long as you stay within the data limit.

Windscribe for mac free safe download for free#

Windscribe offers 10GB of usage every month for free users, while paid users get access to unlimited data.