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Best Free VPN

There’s no such thing as a 'perfect' free VPN. Each comes with limitations: Proton doesn’t let you choose your location and blocks P2P traffic. Windscribe and TunnelBear only offer 10GB per month for free. 1VPN is only free for the browser extension. Hotspot Shield and Urban VPN log and sell your da

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electrical_who10 in r/vpns

January 30, 2025 1:09 AM

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Best Free VPN

In general you can't have fast and unlimited with the free tier, Windscribe for example give you 10 GB a month for free with decent speed, the rest either give similar scheme or have unlimited servers that are slow due to the freeloaders. There's unlikely to be much difference on encryption, most of

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berahi in r/vpns

January 30, 2025 1:11 AM

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Banned in India

Windscribe VPN: free version gives you 10 GB per month, Proton VPN: Free version with limited servers and a standard kill-switch (it kills the connection if your VPN disconnects accidentally) TOR is pretty easy too, just install TOR browser, search Sci-Hub with DuckDuckGo search engine, and you’re g

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Dexterous-Fingers in r/scihub

August 26, 2025 2:01 PM

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Thanks for the bans Windscribe!

Or you know, they could invest in their service to improve the bandwidth… all servers at this point should be 10+ Gbps. I am also speaking as someone who would use at most 3TB in a month… their speeds are usable, but no where near as quick as surf shark or proton. I test all 3 and Windscribe is the

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UCF_Knight12 in r/Windscribe

May 13, 2025 8:41 PM

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Well, here it is, folks...

Here is something for you all. As you know you can use VPN to bypass this (How long that will last is another matter) But there will be quite a fair few on here not able to afford VPN. Please do not fall for the free VPN's you see online and sites. If you want a free VPN that is legitimate and safe

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WhiskeyWithTheE in r/CasualUK

July 23, 2025 8:17 AM

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Got banned after 3 months on the unlimited plan

Windscribe user here thats been observing just how poorly they have handled this situation of “unlimited”. This is making me super uncomfortable as a customer. I just got a new external HDD and want to download my entire steam library to it now that I finally have a drive that can fit all my games(

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ACER719x in r/Windscribe

May 17, 2025 7:29 PM

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Alright, let's talk about Unlimited Pro and accounts getting banned/disabled

What the fuck are these analogies people are talking about lol. Guys its simple: it’s either unlimited or it isn’t. It’s as simple as that! Windscribe, which is it? You need to make it clear thats all. Anything else is just a load of noise

Significant-Row-4158 in r/Windscribe

May 7, 2025 4:01 PM

45

YSK that 88% of "free" VPNs leak the exact data they promise to hide. The app you installed for privacy is probably the most surveilled app on your phone.

fwiw, I never got burned using Windscribe's free tier. I tested regularly, and never saw any leaks. I used it off and on for years before going to the Pro tier

Empyrealist in r/YouShouldKnow

May 21, 2026 1:31 AM

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In japan for 14 days, is there anyway i can play global here

Windscribe gives 10 gigs for free so more than enough to do your dailies ans if you run out you can just create a throwaway email to switch to. It can be a little slow but that might just be my own internet being annoying

dead_headphones_sad in r/UmamusumeGame

April 6, 2026 11:26 PM

7

Should I choose Mullvad?

Windscribe,is cheaper and ok,custom plan is 3$ and have unlimited data+2 premium location+free location,not like you cancel after one mounth

ionut2021 in r/mullvadvpn

June 29, 2026 12:58 PM

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