SEPTEMBER 2020 MACWORLD 31and the country connection choice. Click
the latter and the window extends with a
list of all 59 countries where Windscribe
has servers available.
Click on the desired country and
Windscribe will either connect
automatically or display a secondary
drop-down with all possible regional
connections. Selecting U.S. East, for
example, will show various choices in
Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, and so on.
When Windscribe is active it
automatically enables its internet kill
switch, dubbed the “Firewall,” to prevent
online activities from being exposed on an
open network.
All pretty standard stuff in a package
that looks nice and is very easy to use.
Windscribe also works with Netflix.
Originally, the company did this via
dedicated servers labeled “Windflix” for
the U.S., Canada, Japan, and the UK. Now,
however, Windscribe supports Netflix in 27
different countries including the U.S.,
Canada, and the UK. Windscribe also
supports more than 48 streaming services
in various countries around the world such
as BBC iPlayer, Disney+, and others.
Now, let’s get to those useful extra
features. Windscribe includes a “set it and
forget it” blocker that works at the DNS
and IP level, making it possible to set
these options once and apply it to all your
devices. Windscribe calls it the Remote
Omnidirectional Badware Eliminating
Robotic Tool, or R.O.B.E.R.T. for short.
By default it blocks
malware, ads, and trackers
when connected to the
VPN, but it can also block
social media sites and
trackers, porn, gambling,
fake news and clickbait,
other VPNs, and
cryptominers.
These features are
adjustable from the account
page on Windscribe’s
website; the blocking
preferences reach out to all
devices where Windscribe
Windscribe’s basic settings for R.O.B.E.R.T. is installed. The only