Is Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker safe?
Windscribe routes browser traffic through its VPN proxy and injects content scripts on all pages to block ads, trackers, and spoof geolocation.
The extension intercepts all network requests via the browser proxy API and tunnels them through Windscribe's servers when the VPN is active. Content scripts run on every page to suppress ads and trackers and to override geolocation and language signals. A hardcoded client authentication secret in the bundle allows any reader of the source to generate valid API credentials for Windscribe's REST endpoints.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.4.14.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- api.windscribe.com
Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker sends data to api.windscribe.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.