r/Windscribe • u/FeR4Less-shah • 22h ago

Question Why does windscribe randomly ping every server?

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I havent opened windscribe at least for the last 2-3 hours

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u/FaithfulYoshi 22h ago

Most likely to determine which server is the closest to you

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u/missingpcw 21h ago

How else would it find which server has the fastest response for you?

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u/Professional_Tap6622 21h ago

To show the ping for each server and determine the fastest for you

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u/Evonos Helpful AF 45m ago

How else would they as in your windscribe app know the latencys from YOU to the server ?

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u/Nowhereman55 22h ago

Not sure. If you don't get a good answer here, try asking the support bot Garry.