Private Internet Access

Private Internet Access

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Myanonamouse VPN rule update

No, they also ask you to authenticate with their cookie, which is a total pain in the ass. I don't understand the need to put up additional arbitrary barriers. Private Internet Access (PIA) have started rotating IPs. This often means your IP is not stable long enough to be used here and you'll get U

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-Model_Citizen in r/trackers

June 28, 2026 1:59 PM

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Living in Turkmenistan: 75% of IPs blocked, 6Mbps max speed. Need Linux & VPN advice for 3D Freelancing.

Vpn like PIA, Proton or Nord or even Mullvad usually won't work on heavily censored network like China's GFW or similar. r/dumbclub is a good place to explore options. For me, I used to use justmysocks when I was in China, and it works pretty well. They will give you a subscription url that you can

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Diamond_Ken in r/selfhosted

May 1, 2026 10:30 AM

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i feel like i've been scammed

No one knows what the hell they are doing internally right now. IP shuffling and port forward breakage have been common complaints for a while now. If you search the support FAQ and Knowledgebase, the WireGuard protocol is nowhere to be found and is not supported outside of their proprietary PIA cli

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shadearg in r/PrivateInternetAccess

July 15, 2026 12:02 AM

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TorrentLeech.org opens signups

I haven't read through that section of the TRaSH guide in a long time, but my guess is that most VPNs don't port forward so they impact how connectable you are. If you specifically get a VPN with port forwarding support (AirVPN, PIA, Proton, etc.) and set it up properly you'll be connectable and can

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deathbybowtie in r/OpenSignups

August 6, 2026 9:13 PM

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Twitch Reconnection Issues (New issue)

Did they change something over the past 2 days? I was originally on PIA, no issues, but they revoked the black friday pricing a couple years ago so I decided to move. First thing I tried was Surfshark, but it has a very well known and persistant issue with twitch where it can't stay connected to the

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ItsBlizzardLizard in r/Windscribe

March 13, 2026 12:36 PM

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Unable to install my VPN

I eventually gave up on PIA client and used Proton VPN. It seems to work well. I haven’t upgraded to premium yet, but the free version seems to connect without issue. I spent countless hours trying to get PIA client to work. It’s possible, but Bazzite makes it a nightmare. There were workarounds, bu

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Avarria587 in r/Bazzite

March 27, 2026 11:05 AM

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Potential Future User

been using PIA for over 2 years. now im just waiting my subscription to end 14months remaining, I wont suggest PIA anymore on the past years ive been using always flag IP as a bot and no longer useful. Websites and Online services are getting strictier the only thing they can do if they detected as

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Buildversion in r/PrivateInternetAccess

August 6, 2026 10:25 AM

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i feel like i've been scammed

How is AirVPN for qbittorent? I'm reaching the end of my 3 year PIA subscription, and I'm not sure what other pit to jump into. PIA did semi decent for me for nearly a decade now. Was excellent initially, but over the last few years, the issues with portforwading, and private torrents blocking my ac

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pedal2dametal in r/PrivateInternetAccess

July 15, 2026 12:09 AM

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PIA not working on Windows

I don't have your issue (I don't use Windows), but I am facing issues with both their Linux (Won't connect while kill switch is on) and Android (Randomly disconnects AND LEAKS DATA even though the kill switch is enabled. Definitely PIAs fault since killing PIA magically fixes the leak) applications

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shadownetdev1 in r/PrivateInternetAccess

June 1, 2026 4:29 AM

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Why is PIA so slow???

I’m new also to this service and it refuses to connect. Searched online and found out that there are cases where the WireGuard isn’t working. Work around suggested to use OpenVpn for now. So far PIA has not had any connection issues using the OpenVpn but still not connecting when I chose WireGuard.

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TimeRefrigerator4351 in r/PrivateInternetAccess

March 15, 2026 11:15 PM

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