According to Tom’s Guide, Windscribe CEO Yegor Sak held a Reddit AMA on Thursday, December 11, 2025, discussing online privacy and censorship. He revealed the company is implementing “Amnezia WireGuard,” an advanced obfuscation tool to bypass deep packet inspection, with a full app integration planned for early 2026. Sak confirmed Windscribe will add post-quantum encryption to OpenVPN and is developing a more flexible “double hop” feature. He took a firm stance against new age verification laws, calling them a threat to anonymity, and addressed a recent Greek court case that validated Windscribe’s no-logs policy. Most strikingly, Sak stated that if Canada ever forces VPNs to log user data, “we will not be based in Canada.”
Amnezia and the censorship arms race
Here’s the thing about the cat-and-mouse game of internet censorship: it never stops. The request for V2Ray integration from an Iranian user highlights the real, daily struggle for people in restrictive regimes. Sak’s answer about Amnezia WireGuard is interesting. It’s an audited, open-source fork designed specifically to hide WireGuard’s fingerprints from snooping systems. The fact that it’s already “work[ing] extremely well” with beta testers in Iran and Russia is a huge deal. But building it directly into the apps by early 2026 is the key move. That’s what turns a tech-savvy workaround into a mainstream tool for protection. It shows Windscribe is thinking beyond just providing a tunnel and is actively investing in the arms race against state-level blocking.
The age verification trap
Sak’s blunt take on age verification laws is probably the most politically charged part of the AMA. He doesn’t mince words: he believes it’s “about destroying anonymity and privacy on the internet.” And you know what? He has a point. The UK amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools bill is a perfect example. Forcing a VPN to verify your age is completely antithetical to its purpose. It’s like requiring a sealed envelope to have your social security number written on the outside. Sak’s promise that Windscribe would not comply is the only principled stand a privacy company can take. But it raises a scary question: what happens if such a law passes and a company *doesn’t* leave the country? Compliance would instantly make their “no-logs” policy meaningless.
Features, policy, and the Canadian question
The product tidbits are promising. A flexible double-hop system where you can choose any two locations would be a genuine upgrade over the pre-set routes most VPNs offer. And the password-less account option? That’s coming “shortly,” which is always a fun timeframe. But the core of Windscribe’s identity is its no-logs policy. The Greek court case in April 2025 is a powerful testament—they were literally taken to court and had nothing to give, which ended the case. That’s the gold standard. It makes Sak’s final warning about Canada so significant. It’s one thing to say you’re private; it’s another to say you’ll pack up your entire company and move if the law changes. That’s a line in the sand. It tells users, and more importantly governments, that the policy isn’t just marketing. It’s the foundation of the entire business. And if that foundation is outlawed, the business won’t be there.
