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Once again, however, PIA was not able to provide any data on the accused VPN user: The second court case occurred in June 2018, when US authorities again demanded data logs for a criminal investigation. As discussed in official court records, the only information PIA was able to provide was a cluster of VPN IP addresses that were allegedly used for the crime:Ī subpoena was sent to London Trust Media and the only information they could provide is that the cluster of IP addresses being used was from the east coast of the United States. The first court case occurred in 2016 when the FBI demanded logs concerning a PIA user who had allegedly been making bomb threats. There were two separate court cases where Private Internet Access was subpoenaed for data logs, but they could not provide any information. Private Internet Access is one of the few verified no logs VPN services that has survived real-world tests. Many VPN services claim to be “no logs” – but few have actually been tested and/or verified. Overall, PIA does well in terms of security and privacy features, even if the ad blocker is not very robust. We compare and contrast the two in our Surfshark vs PIA guide. In terms of VPN ad blockers, NordVPN, Surfshark, and Perfect Privacy performed better than PIA, while PureVPN and CyberGhost performed the worst. When I tested different VPN ad blockers, I found that PIA’s ad blocker did not block as many domains as other options. While some ad blocker is better than no ad blocker, I would not recommend using PIA MAC as your primary ad blocker. Nonetheless, the WireGuard VPN protocol does still offer some advantages, including upgraded security and more reliability on mobile devices.īelow you can see the encryption options in the PIA Windows app: However, in our tests for this PIA review, WireGuard speeds were not very good (we’ll examine slow speeds further below).

A VPN ad blocking feature called PIA MACEįirst, the WireGuard protocol is an excellent feature that usually offers big advantages with performance.

Various data encryption options, including WireGuard.

In addition to the multi-level kill switch we discussed above, PIA also provides: Extra privacy and security featuresĭespite being a basic VPN service, Private Internet Access still offers some good privacy and security features. In testing out the kill switch with various interruptions, everything appeared to work well.

Always: Also blocks all traffic when the VPN is off.

Auto: blocks outside traffic when the VPN is on.

This ensures all traffic remains encrypted and protected by the VPN tunnel. PIA also implements a good kill switch with their VPN apps, which will block traffic if the VPN connection drops for any reason.

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Although I’m not sure I would consider PIA to be one of the best VPNs for Mac, it may still be a decent choice for Mac users.

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I also tested the PIA Mac OS client and found it to be secure and without leaks. You can see that there were no leaks to be found, with my real IPv6 address being blocked (PIA does not support IPv6). So to test this, I ran both the Windows and Mac OS clients through some basic VPN tests and checks to identify leaks or broken features.īelow I’m testing the PIA Windows VPN client for leaks while connected to a server in Sweden.

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And while data leaks are common with free VPN apps, this is not something we should expect with a premium (paid) service that promises security. Most people using VPNs today need a service that is secure and free of data leaks.

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It may be a decent choice if you want a user-friendly VPN for PC operating systems. Overall the PIA desktop clients work well.

Connect on launch settings (to a specified VPN server).

Settings to open VPN client on system startup.

In addition to all the features we covered above, the PIA desktop client also has: The app hovers above the tray in the bottom-right corner of the desktop.

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