- Windscribe is working on solutions for VPN connection in Iran and Russia
- Expanding support for the AmnesiaWG Protocol is its “highest priority“
- Iran and Russia are moving to a whitelisting system that further targets VPNs
Windscribe has announced new censorship-resistant features to support people in Russia and Iran who struggle to use their service.
The VPN provider confirmed to TechRadar that it is rolling out support for the AmneziaWG protocol directly in Windscribe apps. It is a technology designed to bypass sophisticated Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) techniques by mimicking regular web traffic.
In a message shared on his Telegram, Reddit and X accounts between Wednesday and Thursday, Windscribe reassured its community: “We are aware of the ongoing VPN connectivity issues in Iran and Russia and are working on solutions.”
The provider’s “highest priority” is to extend support for AmneziaWG to Windscribe’s native applications. This VPN protocol, the company explains, has proven to be quite successful at bypassing government blocks.
What’s next for Windscribe users in Iran and Russia
Internet censorship in Iran has just entered a new phase as the government began rolling out a whitelisting regime, which is expected to target VPN connections even more aggressively.
Russia is also reportedly turning towards a similar framework. Precisely for this reason, the team at Windscribe is also working on a new system, which the company claimed “will help” with this type of blocks.
Windscribe introduced the censorship-resistant protocol developed by AmneziaVPN in November, but only as a WireGuard configuration file for Pro or Build-A-Plan users.
But once it’s in the app, Windscribes ensures that “everyone will have access,” including users of its free VPN service.
Speaking to TechRadar, Windscribe CEO Yegor Sak confirmed that this “will be released as soon as we get positive feedback from the beta users who are testing it for us right now.”
For our users in Iran and Russia, we are aware of the VPN blocks in your regions and are working on a solution with the highest priority. Over the next few days, we will begin beta testing app releases with a new connection method that has shown promising results. Keep going.29 January 2026
Despite the upcoming boost in uncensoring, the AmneziaWG “will not bypass whitelisting techniques,” Sak told TechRadar, adding that the team is currently working on a separate solution to help fight back against whitelisting.
“The other system, which is completely server-side, is being developed right now and will help with this.”
In its announcement, Windscribe has actually announced that it will soon release a beta Android APK for people in Iran and Russia to test and see how it performs. The team is also working on a Windows build that Windscribe hopes to release as soon as possible. Mac and iOS builds will be next in the pipeline.
Device priorities reflect the requests coming directly from Windscribe’s community, which sees the majority of Iran and Russia users on Android (69%) and Windows (52%).
Windscribe’s work to boost its censorship-resistant capabilities couldn’t come at a more critical time.
Under such a framework, experts speaking to TechRadar expect VPN use to become even more difficult, if not impossible. Whitelisting will simply make VPN blocking much easier.
After years of improving its censorship capabilities, Russia’s fight against VPNs is now also entering a new phase. Experts in the country have already confirmed to TechRadar that most Western VPNs are currently non-functional in Russia, where blocking techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
What is certain now is that as more authoritarian nations move from blacklisting to whitelist filtering, VPN providers will have to adapt again to this new threat. Whether Windscribe’s new solution is successful or not can significantly mark the industry’s new direction.
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