Your ISP provided IP address will be masked behind our IP, which is used by thousands of people, so you "get lost in the crowd", so to speak. Desktop Application FAQs What are these locations that you can connect to?īy choosing a location, you will appear to be using the Internet as if you were physically located in that country.
The Great White North: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
For more details, see our Privacy Policy. You can sign up without an email address, and pay with Bitcoin, so we would have no idea who you are. We do not store any permanent access logs or monitor what our users do. We strongly believe in people's right to privacy, especially online, so our system is built from scratch, with that in mind. In theory, if we took extreme measures, we could, however the same could be said about any other service. Can you see what I do online when I use Windscribe? Windscribe will get you 90% there, however the last 10% entirely depends on the user. Anyone who claims otherwise most likely has a pair of pants that are on fire. Achieving complete anonymity online is extremely difficult if not impossible. In order to combat this, browser level protection is also necessary to improve your chances of staying anonymous. Why should I use both products?Ĭontrary to popular belief, a VPN client alone will not keep you anonymous or significantly help your privacy online, unless you take extreme measures, at which point using the Internet becomes a burden.Īnonymous IP address alone provides some protection, however marketers, criminals and governments have stepped up their game which allows them to track you even if you already use a VPN. It also rotates your user agent (which identifies your browser), which further scrambles your online activities in the eyes of whoever is watching. It also blocks various "social widgets", such as Facebook Like buttons, Twitter badges, etc, which are embedded into millions of websites and report all your activity to their respective companies. Any other applications you may be using on your computer will utilize your ISP provided IP address.Īdditionally it blocks thousands of ad beacons and trackers that could follow you across the websites you visit, and compromise your privacy even if you are already using a VPN. The browser extension provides a "Lite" VPN client, which does the same thing as the desktop one, but only in your browser. This is much more important than you think.
The desktop application is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. You probably spend 10x that on coffee alone! What does the desktop application do? If you need more data, for just $9/month you get unlimited usage. You get up to 10GB of data per month, and you can use all of the tools we offer. If you are a light user, you can use Windscribe for free.
It's silly not to, since it doesn't cost extra. You can use them on their own, but for much greater protection, you should use both. There are 2 components: desktop VPN application, and browser extension. Windscribe is a set of tools that work together to block ad trackers and web beacons, restore access to blocked content and help you safeguard your privacy online.
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