
Retrieved August 19, 2021.VpnMentor contains reviews that are written by our community reviewers, and are based on the reviewers' independent and professional examination of the products/services. "VPN servers seized by Ukrainian authorities weren't encrypted". "Windscribe VPN servers seized by authorities were not encrypted".

Windscribe had failed to encrypt the servers in question, allowing for the retrieval of the private key. On the disk of the VPN servers contained an OpenVPN private key, which could have been used to impersonate a Windscribe VPN server and capture traffic running through it. On July 8, 2021, Windscribe disclosed that two VPN servers hosted in Ukraine were seized by local authorities on June 24, 2021. Windscribe users can connect unlimited simultaneous devices. Windscribe also offers encrypted proxy support via browser extensions on Google Chrome and Firefox web browsers. Windscribe has desktop applications for Windows and macOS, with a command-line utility for Linux, and mobile applications for iOS, Android, and Android TV. Windscribe servers support P2P file sharing and is promoted as a no-log VPN service from their privacy policy. Windscribe uses the OpenVPN, Internet Key Exchange v2/ IPsec, and WireGuard protocols in its applications and manual configurations. In January 2021, Windscribe began beta testing ControlD, a new standalone DNS-based ad and tracker service, a direct competitor to services such as NextDNS. Windscribe was founded by Yegor Sak and Alex Paguis in 2016. Windscribe is a commercial, cross-platform VPN service provider.
