Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker
Windscribe helps you circumvent censorship, block ads, beacons and trackers on websites you use every day.
Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker for Firefox
Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker is a Firefox add-on that helps in safeguarding your online privacy. It's designed to block ads and trackers, restore access to blocked content, and circumvent censorship. With a free plan that provides 10GB of data per month, Windscribe offers advanced privacy features, blocks potential malware, and masks your IP address for unrestricted access to geo-blocked content. This add-on does not keep logs that can deanonymize you, ensuring your data remains private and safe.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Windscribe
Rating: 4.50 
2 new ratings
(3,909)
Weekly download count: 5,011
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- <all_urls>
- proxy
- management
- tabs
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- activeTab
- storage
- unlimitedStorage
- contextMenus See more
Size: 3.78M
Email: su*****@windscribe.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 239
Other platforms
Not available on Android
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Works great on postmarketOS Linux phones
- Best free VPN with 10GB a month
- Provides decent speed for browsing
- User-friendly and easy to set up
Cons
- Does not save settings upon reopening the browser
- Incompatibility with AdGuard leading to ad presence
- Some content is blocked (e.g., specific sites like NRK.tv)
- VPN is required to access their own website for registration
Most mentioned
- Inability to unblock certain content or websites
- Settings not being saved
- Ad filtering issues with other programs
User reviews
by Firefox user 18871591, 2025-03-08
比较流畅
by Aligu, 2025-03-05
by Blahbohdan, 2025-03-04
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Windscribe - Free VPN and Ad Blocker. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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