- Jan 23, 2017
- 198
It also blocks social network annoyance mate if you have own premium account try it now
I impressed because it works amazing for me by blocking everything that I didn’t needed
Windscribe's new feature R.O.B.E.R.T (server side malware and ad-blocking)
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I impressed because it works amazing for me by blocking everything that I didn’t needed
I have one issue for its android version.
I set it to always-on for a day and somewhere in the later part of the day a message pops up saying Windscribe is consuming a lot of power behind the scene. I did the same for Avira Phantom Pro VPN but no such issue.
I set it to always-on for a day and somewhere in the later part of the day a message pops up saying Windscribe is consuming a lot of power behind the scene. I did the same for Avira Phantom Pro VPN but no such issue.
- May 4, 2018
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Are you using wired or wireless testing?
Is that your burst(max) speed or the average speed across the entire network? Based on the below you can see Windscribe's average speed is in the middle
Also, are you testing with IKEv2 or the industry standard OpenVPN?
VPN Speed Testing Done Right - Results Updated Daily
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- Dec 28, 2016
- 128
Windscribe here:
We compile our block lists from over 20 sources, including Spamhaus DBL. We have a hand curated whitelist to remove false positive domains from the existing lists. The whitelist is not perfect, so we invite everyone to submit their face positives to us, so we can check and whitelist them. We've whitelisted hundreds of domains in the last 48hrs based on user feedback.
PM or post false positives here, and we will fix it. The ones posted so far will be looked at.
If you don't wish to deal with this, you can disable ROBERT in the "My Account" section.
Lastly, in terms of performance vs Adguard, NordVPN "Cybersec", PIA "Mace", and Perfect-Privacy (which has awesome block lists) see our blog: Meet R.O.B.E.R.T — Malware and Ad Blocker – Windscribe
We compile our block lists from over 20 sources, including Spamhaus DBL. We have a hand curated whitelist to remove false positive domains from the existing lists. The whitelist is not perfect, so we invite everyone to submit their face positives to us, so we can check and whitelist them. We've whitelisted hundreds of domains in the last 48hrs based on user feedback.
PM or post false positives here, and we will fix it. The ones posted so far will be looked at.
If you don't wish to deal with this, you can disable ROBERT in the "My Account" section.
Lastly, in terms of performance vs Adguard, NordVPN "Cybersec", PIA "Mace", and Perfect-Privacy (which has awesome block lists) see our blog: Meet R.O.B.E.R.T — Malware and Ad Blocker – Windscribe
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- Feb 12, 2017
- 249
Will this new feature be available for Android TV as well? If yes, when?
- May 4, 2018
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- Dec 28, 2016
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It works on all devices, you can use it on Android right now.
- Sep 27, 2017
- 69
Not experiencing that here. I've turned on Windscribe for last 2 days none stop since activating ROBERT. Hasn't used any battery according to device managenent on my S9. Data use has massively decreased though, which is awesome!!
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That is caused by how VPN works on android, in fact it's not consuming any battery, the programs that use the VPN connection add on top and give false metrics.
Nope. I was trying out ExpressVPN the last day or so. Now, I'm getting the below same notification message as well
Power intensive app found
ExpressVPN is consuming power in the background.
I checked ExpressVPN and it indicates it's frequently refreshes in the background. I believe any app that constantly runs in the background consumes power. I just got another same power consuming notification from my 'Gravity Screen' app which I just installed
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- Jul 13, 2014
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Messed up feature. No notifications about a blocked site. You have to contact them to unblock a website. No whitelisting features or setting.
I'm a bit disappointed.
I'm a bit disappointed.
- Nov 19, 2014
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- Dec 28, 2016
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It's not possible to do "notifications" with this type of blocking. You can check yourself. If domain resolves to 0.0.0.0 then it's blocked.Messed up feature. No notifications about a blocked site. You have to contact them to unblock a website. No whitelisting features or setting.
We've been whitelisting false positives all weekend. We're also working on the next update which will have custom white and block list support, so essentially it will function like "cloud based" Pi-Hole.
- Dec 17, 2014
- 1,355
@windscribe
When I try to update X-Sec Antivirus which is made by a user on this Forum it blocks the update when I am connected to VPN. ROBERT must be blocking it, I have malware + ads and trackers enabled.
When I disable the VPN it allows me to download the update. Here is a link to the program.
www.xsecantivirus.com
It gets stuck on this, when I disconnect it runs fine.
I posted this in Windscribe technical channel and #cosmoxl replied but I'm not sure if it's completely white listed yet.
Also I'm really looking forward to when WebRTC is blocked and City support is available for the Browser extension.
When I try to update X-Sec Antivirus which is made by a user on this Forum it blocks the update when I am connected to VPN. ROBERT must be blocking it, I have malware + ads and trackers enabled.
When I disable the VPN it allows me to download the update. Here is a link to the program.
www.xsecantivirus.com
It gets stuck on this, when I disconnect it runs fine.
I posted this in Windscribe technical channel and #cosmoxl replied but I'm not sure if it's completely white listed yet.
Also I'm really looking forward to when WebRTC is blocked and City support is available for the Browser extension.
