[INFO] Free Windscribe VPN 60GB/month

[-] o2pb | 55 points | Jul 04 2017 14:06:15

I'm the founder of Windscribe, will be happy to answer any questions.

[-] C_McButterpants | 16 points | Jul 04 2017 14:41:25

Could you tell us about the origin of then name please. Seems more Legend of Zelda DLC than VPN Client.

[-] o2pb | 22 points | Jul 04 2017 16:10:39

It's easy to spell, and I thought it sounded cool

[-] C_McButterpants | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 16:23:18

Can't argue with that :)

[-] todayonjeremykyle | 11 points | Jul 04 2017 15:03:06

What is your logging and retention policy?

[-] o2pb | 7 points | Jul 04 2017 16:10:06

See https://windscribe.com/privacy

[-] 01der | 7 points | Jul 04 2017 18:09:27

Can i use that 60GB promo with OpenVPN-Client?

[-] o2pb | 5 points | Jul 05 2017 03:15:49

No

[-] DamTheTorpedoes1864 | 5 points | Jul 04 2017 23:02:55

Does Windscribe publish transparency reports that include a National Security Letter canary?

[-] o2pb | 5 points | Jul 05 2017 03:17:37

We are based in Canada, which has no NSL equivalents, so publishing a warrant canary is rather pointless.

[-] T-400 | 4 points | Aug 22 2017 04:43:41

Please publish one anyway. I would very much appreciate this. My level of respect for the company would skyrocket. It's as easy as sticking something on the site that says you haven't been inspected by some government agency. Please do this.

[-] lllllllllilllllllll | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 15:12:00

Any plans for Android?

[-] o2pb | 10 points | Jul 04 2017 16:09:55

Yes, we have an alpha version released already. A beta version with a much larger pool of users will be released shortly.

[-] scorpionking90 | 5 points | Jul 04 2017 16:27:59

Does this work in dubai? Most don't

[-] o2pb | 6 points | Jul 04 2017 16:54:52

We have lots of users in the middle east, so it should work.

[-] cosmicblue24 | 1 points | Jul 09 2017 18:58:49

Nope, currently in Dubai and it doesn't work :( Love your VPN, any way to somehow get around the block?

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 10 2017 19:37:24

What exactly "doesn't work"? You can't login into the app, or you can't connect to any locations? You should probably contact support through our website, and send us a debug log from Preferences.

[-] cosmicblue24 | 1 points | Jul 10 2017 20:15:53

Well I had already logged into the app and was using it in countries where it works so that's fine. It's now when I'm in Dubai that connecting to a location doesn't happen work any more. Guessing the ISP's here have blocked it. Oh also the main website windscribe.com is blocked as well. Though the "this website has been blocked by the UAE govn." splash page doesn't show in the browser. Just simply the chrome page which says this site can't be reached.

[-] o2pb | 3 points | Jul 10 2017 21:52:27

The website uses HSTS which is why it fails to show the blocked page you typically see.

As for not being able to connect, does this happen with all locations you try? We'd need to see the debug log, so contact support with your username.

[-] cosmicblue24 | 1 points | Jul 11 2017 06:45:26

Oh bloody hell! I found the log button and started to go through it. Found a line saying it couldn't find the adaptor, so checked my adaptor settings and found it had been disabled, it's working now!! :D Need to debug the other computers to see if some update had magically disabled those adaptors.

[-] EXOQ | 1 points | Jul 09 2017 09:13:07

Since Pro supports OpenVPN, this means I can use this on Android this way if I don't want to wait?

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 10 2017 19:37:43

You sure can.

[-] joshmaaaaaaans | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 20:19:23

Hio, I am a VPN scrub, do I need to use router VPN to be able to download from deluge(or any torrent client) and megadownloader securely or is just using the VPN windows program enough?

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 05 2017 13:07:35

Running our desktop app is enough.

[-] Elibroftw | 3 points | Jul 05 2017 03:49:59

Hey man I just downloaded windscribe on my Razer blade stealth (QHD) and it's super tiny. To clarify, the gui is super tiny. Any way to fix this without scaling down to 1080? I don't like to strain my eyes. Thanks

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 05 2017 13:06:39

Do you have a scaling factor of 150%?

[-] Elibroftw | 3 points | Jul 05 2017 13:25:00

YepProof

[-] o2pb | 3 points | Jul 05 2017 13:57:16

The current version only looks at 100% and 200%, so anything in between assumes 100% scaling factor. Next version will have this fixed.

[-] Elibroftw | 2 points | Jul 05 2017 14:01:15

Really? Thanks man

[-] joshmaaaaaaans | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 22:32:45

Also my browser seems to lag when I have the add-on enabled but turned off. Disabling the add-on brings my browser back to normal speeds, any reason for this? :s

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 05 2017 13:07:52

What do you mean by "lag"? What happens exactly?

[-] WildElephant2Fat | 2 points | Jul 28 2017 13:29:12

Hello there! The voucher code SOS60GBS seems to be invalid right now, has it expired?

[-] BosskDaBossk | 1 points | Jul 05 2017 19:47:42

Free account is for one device only, but is it possible to switch between device if you don't use them at the same time ?

[-] o2pb | 1 points | Jul 05 2017 19:48:02

Yes, that's fine.

[-] nikedildo | 1 points | Jul 07 2017 21:58:25

I signed up a few days ago and never received an email confirmation. I tried updating the email and changing it to a different one but still nothing.

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 08 2017 00:53:29

Pm me your Windscribe username and I'll check that's wrong

[-] o2pb | 2 points | Jul 08 2017 01:06:26

Pm me your Windscribe username and I'll check that's wrong

[-] OhLookItsASloth | 1 points | Jul 08 2017 17:38:55

your vpn doesnt work with netflix, can you fix that?

[-] o2pb | 3 points | Jul 08 2017 19:03:25

We have a fix in the works, should be out by mid August.

[-] ridhs84 | 1 points | Aug 12 2017 20:37:10

Hi, I used this couple code earlier and I had 60GB/month free.

I recently saw another 50GB free voucher and thought it might add another 50GB on top of my 60GB/month free.

However, upon entering the 50GB voucher, it downgraded my original 60GB to 50GB :(

While I am grateful for such a wonderful service, it would be great to fix this bug so the new vouchers don't downgrade your service. is there anyway to get my previous code working?

[-] o2pb | 1 points | Aug 12 2017 22:43:45

Yeah, we should probably fix that. PM me your username, I'll fix it for you.

[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Aug 13 2017 11:00:33

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[-] o2pb | 1 points | Aug 13 2017 16:03:33

Yeah it's legit

[-] deadlylion5 | 1 points | Aug 13 2017 17:55:33

I don't think there is a way to refund it tho... Is there a way?

[-] ridhs84 | 1 points | Aug 14 2017 03:33:48

Hi, I have PMed you my username but I think you didn't get to fix it yet. Just a gentle reminder :)

[-] ridhs84 | 1 points | Aug 17 2017 07:18:19

Hi, Sorry but I have noticed one more issue and this is a major one, I hope you can guide.

In my desktop utility, I have firewall set to "always ON" and I am using torrents. Sometimes when windscribe disconnects, all on HTTP traffic through browser is stopped due to the firewall as expected but my utorrent keeps on downloading. I would assume that all my torrent traffic should stop too when its not connected.

I have checked/unchecked "Add Windows Firewall Exception" under utorrent settings but it did not affect it. So utorrent is still bypassing windscribe somehow.

At this point it seems my torrets are still exposed if windscribe disconnects in between.

Do you have any suggestions?

[-] fonts-a-tron | 11 points | Jul 04 2017 03:15:09

I use windscribe as well. Switching IP's/locations to work around 5gb cap is very simple

[-] sitman | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 17:38:21

I have tried, but still hitting cap. Should an ongoing DL be paused and IP location switched before reaching cap? Can you use Megasync? Should we be completely logged out of Mega?

[-] fonts-a-tron | 4 points | Jul 04 2017 18:23:39

Use megadownloader and copy the mega link to there. Once you get an error on the download bar, changed your location in windscribe and reset the download

[-] sitman | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 18:36:06

Thank you.

[-] minimog34 | 1 points | Jul 14 2017 15:41:52

Tried this with windscribe, it starts but download speed is 0.00kb/s (and not changing).

[-] [deleted] | 11 points | Jul 04 2017 11:11:51

deleted ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.0302 ^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?

[-] hannibal_hayes | 14 points | Jul 04 2017 18:51:08

60GB-per-month for one year.

[-] IgnoreMyName | 5 points | Jul 04 2017 05:26:17

How good is this VPN? I've read multiple times that free VPN is useless but I assume that's more for torrenting? This would work fine simply for Mega and switching IPs right?

Either way , thanks OP!

[-] cybersphere9 | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 06:48:16

Pretty slow for me. Under 10Mbps.

[-] IgnoreMyName | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 09:12:11

I meant in terms of reliability and safety.

Although, that is pretty slow. Have you tried switching servers/locations?

[-] thankyoubasedmadoka | 6 points | Jul 04 2017 09:36:20

not sure what you mean about reliability and safety. it's a free VPN, it's probably not gonna be very reiable. as far as safety goes, you're using it for MEGA so theres no safety problem to begin with. nobody can track your downloads from MEGA anyway. it's not the same as torrenting, where people can just join the torrents swarm and log every IP that is connected. I wouldn't trust them at all in regards to torrents though, they probably sell user information and would roll over for any goverment agency asking about logs.

the speed would also be a problem, since you have to stay connected to the VPN while downloading (if your own IP is over the limit), and the speeds on these things are usually atrocious. I use a paid VPN and the speed still sometimes drops below my connections max.

You should just get a cheap VPN like PIA anyway, it works wonders for MEGA and also torrenting. it's like $6 a month for unlimited consumption of free shit, it's a no brainer.

[-] r2d2blue | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 01:50:16

Thanks!

[-] [deleted] | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 03:11:00

Good shit dude

[-] OyleSlyck | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 05:31:49

How many IPs do they have available? Doesn't the possibility exist that multiple mega visitors will start sharing the same VPN IP address and reaching the bandwidth limit for that IP?

[-] Matt14451 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 06:51:43

Happens all the time but the time to wait is usually lower and it's in addiion to your personal IP

[-] sitman | 1 points | Jul 05 2017 13:32:36

All morning.

[-] not_the_irrelevant | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 07:57:22

thanks!
is there a way to use this VPN on android?

[-] wwchopper | 2 points | Jul 04 2017 08:43:33

It's still in early access for Android. Guess it'll take some time before they release.

[-] HoneyFoxxx | 1 points | Jul 18 2017 12:56:46

You can use openvpn, but you need a pro account

[-] CakeDebris | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 02:13:34

Thank you so much dude!!

[-] owis | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 03:19:25

sorry for the stupid questions but how will this help with the download limit exactly?

[-] [deleted] | 3 points | Jul 04 2017 03:46:30

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[-] ruralcricket | 9 points | Jul 04 2017 05:19:47

I'm trying out ProtonVpn and there are so few IPs at the free level that sometimes a new IP is already maxed out with Mega.

[-] Fronkey776 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 04:03:29

Yeah, what date said is what's working for me.

[-] Mister_Cactus | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 03:23:34

I love you

[-] masterl085 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 03:47:10

thanks much!

[-] Tomas955 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 04:32:33

thank you

[-] Fronkey776 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 04:33:11

Thanks a lot, dude!

[-] tanmay_bhat | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 05:13:05

thanks dude.

[-] R3b37K | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 05:58:45

Thank you

[-] foolkiller | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 06:10:30

Thanks

[-] adryoid | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 07:33:56

Thanks a lot dude!

[-] fcknsweg | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 10:21:29

thank you

[-] Zoe_Link | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 10:33:27

Thanks !

[-] Slayaan | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 13:34:58

Working great. Thanks !!

[-] sitman | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 17:38:45

I have tried, but still hitting cap. Should an ongoing DL be paused and IP location switched before reaching cap? Can you use Megasync? Should we be completely logged out of Mega?

[-] Immortallix | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 17:46:37

Awesome! Is the free 60GB just for 1 year?

[-] OutToDrift | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 17:52:42

I'm pretty sure any free VPN is going to collect and sell your information otherwise how do they stay in business?

[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 18:15:08

Linux (Pro only)? Why if I may know?

[-] HoneyFoxxx | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 23:37:10

I asked then already.

They don't have a native app so you have to use openvpn, which is one of their pro features.

[-] [deleted] | 1 points | Jul 05 2017 05:51:25

Ah, now I get it. I saw there is linux app 'coming soon' on the website so this is an alternative.

[-] suyaku92 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 20:11:24

download speed so low and not stable for eu free user

[-] throwawayacc9k1 | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 21:29:57

For the free account they don't have a singapore server. Nearest they have is hk which is kinda sucks for us asia pacific users. I appreciate though.

[-] Borschvyruss | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 21:51:04

Thanks, dude!

[-] libardomm | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 21:56:17

thanks man

[-] zxeuk | 1 points | Jul 04 2017 22:34:19

Wow thank you so much!

[-] tr0llhunters | 1 points | Jul 05 2017 03:31:39

thank you just what I needed

been using it for over a year now

works on existing accounts; claim voucher and done :)

[-] minimog34 | 1 points | Jul 14 2017 15:38:39

When I turn on windscribe and connect it with my own country and download using megadownload, the download starts but it keeps a downloadspeed of 0.00kb/s. Changing IP doesn't work.

When I turnoff windscribe the download starts again. Am I doing something wrong?

[-] o2pb | 1 points | Jul 28 2017 13:48:55

Yes it has

[-] deadlylion5 | 1 points | Aug 13 2017 17:52:03

I just bought Windscribe lifetime subscription :( Anything I can do?