<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
virtual	B-Application
private	I-Application
network	I-Application
(	O
VPN	B-Application
)	O
service	O
provider	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
but	O
operates	O
internationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Yegor	O
Sak	O
and	O
Alex	O
Paguis	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Windscribe	B-Application
began	O
beta	O
testing	O
ControlD	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
standalone	O
DNS-based	O
ad	O
and	O
tracker	B-Application
service	O
,	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
to	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
NextDNS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
,	O
Internet	O
Key	O
Exchange	O
v2/IPsec	O
,	O
and	O
WireGuard	B-Application
protocols	O
in	O
its	O
applications	O
and	O
manual	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
servers	O
support	O
P2P	O
file	O
sharing	O
and	O
is	O
promoted	O
as	O
a	O
no-log	O
VPN	B-Application
service	O
from	O
their	O
privacy	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
has	O
desktop	O
applications	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
utility	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
applications	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
TV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
encrypted	O
proxy	O
support	O
via	O
browser	B-Protocol
extensions	I-Protocol
on	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
web	I-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
users	O
can	O
connect	O
unlimited	O
simultaneous	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Windscribe	B-Application
disclosed	O
that	O
two	O
VPN	B-Application
servers	I-Application
hosted	O
in	O
Ukraine	O
were	O
seized	O
by	O
local	O
authorities	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
disk	O
of	O
the	O
VPN	B-Application
servers	I-Application
contained	O
an	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
private	O
key	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
impersonate	O
a	O
Windscribe	B-Application
VPN	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
capture	O
traffic	O
running	O
through	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windscribe	B-Application
had	O
failed	O
to	O
encrypt	O
the	O
servers	O
in	O
question	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
retrieval	O
of	O
the	O
private	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Windscribe	B-Application
ran	O
servers	O
with	O
an	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
feature	O
that	O
was	O
deprecated	O
since	O
2018	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
servers	O
unencrypted	O
and	O
its	O
users	O
vulnerable	O
.	O
</s>
