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by yegor 4y ago
We do, but for most people we suggest to use our apps. They're open source ( https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App ), have a LOT of neat features (split tunneling, MAC spoofing, firewall, TCP socket termination,
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by yegor 4y ago
It really is, no offence taken. We're trying to be the cherry on top of the turd pile, but I'm not really selling it, am I...?
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by yegor 4y ago
This page is rather outdated, the answer depends on the protocol you use. Our entire site is being overhauled right now, so this will be addressed part of that release. However the RSA portion only applies to OpenVPN, and for compatibility
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by yegor 4y ago
We actually are if you're a network engineer or SRE. Even if you're not, we have room on pretty much every team (backend, web, QA) for like-minded individuals with a particular skill set. Feel free to drop me a line at yegor@winds
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by yegor 4y ago
No VPN is "the fastest" for everyone. There are many factors at play that dictate speeds, these include: your ISP, the ISP of the server location you connect to, protocol you use, 3rd party software installed (AV or firewalls are
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by yegor 4y ago
Everything is fake on MOST (I'm talking 99%) review sites. The comments are fake/cherry picked too, to make the "best" VPN look best. We did some tests years ago by commenting positive things on "best" VPNs, an
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by yegor 4y ago
I'm personally puzzled by Proton. Their "pedigree" is nothing to snuff at, however being a privacy oriented service and then getting consumers to tunnel all their traffic through you, use your email, cloud storage, and calend
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by yegor 4y ago
It's certainly a lot more competitive now. There is very little customer loyalty in the industry, especially for the average joe. "Why would I pay $x/month when I can get lifetime account with NAME_GOES_HERE VPN". We did
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by yegor 4y ago
Thanks for the support, glad you enjoyed the COOL BADGE. Windscribe is full of Easter eggs and quirks, as we don't take ourselves too seriously when it comes to PR and coms (check out our Youtube). Perhaps to our detriment in some case
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by yegor 4y ago
Glad to hear! Those Lifetime accounts are crazy good value, never to be offered again. :)
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by yegor 4y ago
Windscribe co-founder here. Consumer VPN industry is a shit show, especially in the last 3-5 years. The parasitic "VPN review" industry is making all the money, as the "big VPNs" are paying ridiculously high CPA rates (t
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by yegor 4y ago
Heya, Windscribe co-founder here. WeVPN indirectly approached us to "make their users whole" for the time that they had paid for. In the spirit of collaboration, and not further tainting the already murky image of the consumer VPN
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by yegor 4y ago
No, they never were. We had no relationship with them until now. Source: I'm a Windscribe co-founder.
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by yegor 4y ago
I would to be able to run MTR/traceroute with this. Would be a godsend for anycast network troubleshooting with non-techy users.
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by yegor 4y ago
Shameless self plug: Using Control D for your DNS is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural. It does everything NextDNS, Adguard can do, and a whole bunch more (block is not the only action).
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by yegor 4y ago
Ohh that's nice. So we're gonna get a fix last week of December, and will have to dev around a new API in a few days, test everything, and release it to millions of users hoping for the best. Man, Google sucks.
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by yegor 4y ago
Nice, thanks! If you have any question you can always email me at my HN username @ either domain.
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by yegor 4y ago
Where is EU when you need them with their anti-trust litigation. Google is pulling a 2000s Microsoft.
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by yegor 4y ago
As a proxy extension developer, this is absolutely maddening. We're forced to choose between auth-less open proxies (bad), or baking in a wacky authentication scheme through a side channel (also bad). MV3 drops in 2.5 months, and will
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by yegor 5y ago
Shameless self promotion: Try Control D - https://controld.com/free-dns There are many different types of resolvers, blocking and unfiltered. We're adding global ECH support in the coming weeks. There is also a paid pl
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by yegor 5y ago
It's effectively the same thing. A properly implemented "kill switch" uses the OS firewall to block everything from using your hardware NIC, except the VPN tunnel itself. The "kill switch" name comes from improperly
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by yegor 5y ago
Recommend reading the whole story: https://blog.windscribe.com/ukrainian-server-seizure-a-comme...
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by yegor 5y ago
Shameless self promotion: https://blog.windscribe.com/consolidation-of-the-vpn-industr...
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by yegor 5y ago
Info here: https://blog.windscribe.com/openvpn-security-improvements-an...
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by yegor 5y ago
ControlD uses transparent proxies in combination with DNS to do things you can't do with a VPN. Like this: https://twitter.com/ControlDNS/status/1358267260465463297 It's also made by the same team as Win
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by yegor 5y ago
Not sure what you mean by that. The features are not the same, see https://kb.controld.com/compare
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by yegor 5y ago
Shameless self-plug: NextDNS does not, but ControlD does do that - https://controld.com
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by yegor 5y ago
Hi folks, ControlD is similar to NextDNS in many ways, but has a distinctive difference - it hooks into a network of transparent proxy servers and allows not just blocking, but also unblocking of all kinds of geo-restricted content. We&#x27
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Show HN: ControlD – managed DNS service with super powers(controld.com)
3 points by yegor 5y ago|1 comments
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by yegor 6y ago
All these factors are not going to make 3+ orders of magnitude difference required to make this even remotely worthwhile. Here is the previously mentioned billboard for reference: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0XQvm7X4AI

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