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Windscribe
Company blog · windscribe.com/blogsecurity
Windscribe is the company blog at windscribe.com, writing about security. Since 2016, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Windscribe Greek Court Case”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (14) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Windscribe's blog and feature pages as sources on VPN ownership, Five Eyes surveillance, Mozilla's Google funding, and its own DNS and tracker-blocking features.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 14 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Windscribe Greek Court Case4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-04-26
- /features/robert2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-11-26
- 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-30
- Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-04
- Windows Tracks You with a Hidden ID. So We Built DeGDID to Block It2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-06
- /ethics2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-30
What Hacker News says?
Recently started using windscribe and found it extremely good. https://windscribe.com/?friend=qoeb14pf
Comment linking /?friend=qoeb14pf
on “PIA VPN to be acquired by malware company founded by former Israeli spy”Submitted Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024) as a story · 673 points
HN discussionIt says on your page you use Windscribe, they have this page https://windscribe.com/features/robert Sorry, purely a curiosity I didn't mean to come across as calling you out
Comment linking /features/robert
on “Apple's iCloud+ “VPN””Submitted 2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map as a story · 12 points
HN discussionAre we allowed to discuss (edit: if it's not too political?) if Kape Technologies has any connections to Israeli security services, given the nature of VPNs and given the amount of data that can be trivially collected, and: "Being from Israel, Teddy Sagi had connections with the Israeli military intelligence sphere and was able to procure himself a real-life cyber spy [his co-founder] from the famed Unit 8200 (kinda…
Comment linking /blog/what-is-kape-technologies/
on “Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024)”Submitted My Big Fat Greek Case as a story · 4 points
HN discussionRun a Pi-Hole, use it as the DNS server for your "Smart" TV. Too lazy? Shameless self promotion: https://windscribe.com/features/robert
Comment linking /features/robert
on “Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything”Submitted Windscribe Greek Court Case as a story · 4 points
HN discussionWishful thinking. Not a single mention of the fact Google contributed to 89% of Mozilla's income since 2005 [1]. Good luck convincing Mozilla to bite the hand that feeds it. [1] https://windscribe.com/blog/windscribe-expose-mozilla/
Comment linking /blog/windscribe-expose-mozilla/
on “Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google”Submitted Windows Tracks You with a Hidden ID. So We Built DeGDID to Block It as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSure, I'll go to court on your behalf, instead of selling you out: https://windscribe.com/blog/windscribe-greek-court-case/ "a non-profit with a member-elected board" will 100% not do that.
Comment linking /blog/windscribe-greek-court-case/
on “The European public DNS that makes your Internet safer”Submitted Windscribe partners with Kagi and others to create a Privacy-Focused Alliance as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFunnily enough Windscribe did an article on this: - https://kumu.io/Windscribe/vpn-relationships - https://windscribe.com/vpnmap The main two that parent poster would be talking about would be "Kape Technologies" and "Ziff Davis VPNs". We also did an article in 2019 https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2019/11/20/the-troubl... They do a lot of astro-turfing with "review websites" that aren't actually independent a…
Comment linking /vpnmap
on “Where are Mr. Beast's early sponsors now?”Submitted My Big Fat Greek Case as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNeat, but Windscribe ROBERT already supported this for over a year: https://windscribe.com/features/robert
Comment linking /features/robert
on “NextDNS first to block ALL third-party trackers disguised as first-party”Submitted 10GB/month Free VPN and Privacy Solution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWindscribe is on the map with one connected node: their DNS service Control D. I know it seems a bit hypocritical and untrustworthy since it is written by a VPN company, but Windscribe is generally regarded as trustworthy, privacy oriented, and not deceiving customers for money [0]. Companies such as Windscribe, Mullvad, IVPN, and Proton are better in almost all cases than something like Surfshark because they minim…
Comment linking /ethics
on “2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map”Submitted Windows Tracks You with Hidden ID. We Built DeGDID to Block It as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> I also could not find their name on the map. It doesn't mean that it's not there, I just couldn't find them. Please correct me if I'm wrong. They're there, in the top-right next to Mullvad, as they're also self-funded. Seemingly connected to "Control D" as it's a DNS service with focus on privacy built by them. Also, from their "Ethics" page: > Windscribe is entirely self funded. We don't have any VC's breathing d…
Comment linking /ethics
on “2023 Paid VPN Relationship and Corporate VPN Ownership Map”Using a VPN shifts your risk. Your local ISP can't see as much of your activity, but another company that probably has a business model of reselling your data to governments, intelligence agencies, and ad companies now can. If your concern is masking piracy, maybe that shift of risk is worthwhile, but you still want to avoid some of the more obvious bad actors[0]. You certainly should not have all your internet traf…
Comment linking /blog/the-vpn-relationship-map/
on “Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying”CF is Cloudflare and 5 eyes became like 9 eyes became 13 eyes, but I wouldn't worry about it, it's a 2013 way of thinking. https://windscribe.com/blog/i-doesnt-matter-how-many-eyes-yo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
Comment linking /blog/i-doesnt-matter-how-many-eyes-you-have-66f59fc1e777/
on “Internet Traffic in Iran Increasing”It doesn't matter how many eyes. Focusing on "eyes", is a 2013 mentality. https://windscribe.com/blog/i-doesnt-matter-how-many-eyes-yo... https://mullvad.net/en/blog/5-9-or-14-eyes-your-vpn-actually... https://mullvad.net/en/vpn/laws-that-matter
Comment linking /blog/i-doesnt-matter-how-many-eyes-you-have-66f59fc1e777/
on “S there room for a VPN with zero Five Eyes servers and RAM-only infrastructure?”Windscribe: https://windscribe.com/signup I got a vastly discounted "lifetime" signup for them (seems to be good until 2028 on the expiry page but whatever).
Comment linking /signup
on “Ask HN: What VPN Service do you recommend?”
