Winston PrivacyReviews of winstonprivacy.com

It's a wonderful product that I'm very glad to have. I've been using it for quite awhile now and it beats my experience with a VPN hands down. It's a 'set it and forget it' experience without Ron Popeil :D

I did have some initial issues with winston device connectivity and cloaking but as with any new technology it was worked out. I have a cyber security technical background and am very pleased with the level of sophistication of Winston. I was using various VPN solutions but none of them could protect all of my network devices. Winston is very resilient and it's IP cloaking functionality works great. After a long conversation with Winston support they are on the right track to further improve it's functionality. It's a keeper for me!

Where to even start? Most of what this product claims to do is false. After getting it installed, I go to an IP address discovery site and it told me my exact IP address and location. On top of this, our internet would cut out at least once every hour. Winston Privacy website says "Try it risk-free," most people would take that to mean that a person can try the product without risk of losing anything. Well, it turns out that promise is also false, when I needed to return the product they don't give you a return label, nope the customer has to pay out more money for postage in the hopes that they can get some of their money back. When my return was processed they only gave my money back for the product they subtracted the shipping cost. So in all, I paid about $27.50 to try this product that does almost nothing it claims and made my internet experience far, far worse.

Absolutely incredible! I finally feel safe from being tracked and having ads created just for me. I have always been so scared of how much these big tech companies about you and it is about time that you can now protect yourself! However, I do wish that there were videos (I know, that sounds lame, but I am a visual leaner, so I would LOVE that) that would show you what is the absolute best way to protect yourself. I have added a router to my lineup and I highly recommend it. It is just a safe way to go about it and I would definitely recommend. Also, I do not understand that on ¨Live Feed¨ why there are a good amount of Whitelist hosts that you did not allow? I just want to be as safe as possible and I wish they showed you how to go about that, more easily. Either way, this is an absolutely GREAT product!

Super happy with both the product and the customer service. Product was easy to install, nice packaging (like an iPhone). Classy design. ONline instructions very easy to follow. I needed to check for an install question and chatted with Chase D. He was very helpful and even follow-up with me the next day after checking up on something with their tech engineers. Already I've noticed pop-up improvements on both my cell phone via home wifi and my desktop with an Ethernet range extender. No noticeable slowness in speed. Very pleased with live chat customer service and install process.

Not sure what the last reviewer had issues with. I have all Samsung products and the simple fix was to install the modules - this fixed any issue we were having from Zoom, to Hulu, and lastly our Samsung TV. Customer service was Quick helpful when we needed support

UPDATE: Winston did get back to me and provided a firmware update that resolved most of the issues I have been experiencing, notably returning the Samsung TV to full service. The Winston is back on my network for about five days and I have not had to turn it down, so this is a very good sign. I believe the support issues that I experienced are due to growing pains more than anything else, and they are working to improve that. Overall, this is a technically sound solution to the issue of online privacy and worth supporting. I'm glad it's working again. ------------ Well, it's a great concept and I'll miss it, but it does not work, mostly because of complete lack of technical support (technical as in fixing broken stuff). FIrst off, if you have a Samsung TV, just kiss it goodbye; it won't work anymore. It basically shuts down your mobile wireless for any secure online transactions (not necessarily a bad thing, but at least give us the option). Same with a lot of online secure transactions (paying bills, etc). I end up shutting it down more often than leaving it on, which is a sure sign of a poorly designed security appliance. I am a CISSP and CEH and in the InfoSec business for >15 years. I'd love to have this on my home network but it eliminates the purpose of having the network and they cannot fix their problems. I'm kissing it goodby today, along with the hundreds of dollars and dozens of hours I've spent trying to make it work.

Love the concept, hate the support. I've received instructions on how to install it, but my system just hangs when I try to verify that it is working. So now I just have a piece of useless hardware sitting there doing nothing. I also wrote into their support department to let them know, but received no response. Oh well. Thanks for nothing. I don't recommend this product.