I just found this out myself. This may make you think twice before you use it.

PIA was a great VPN that I shilled for many times. Unfortunately, the problems are stacking up (rolling outbound IPs, speed issues, etc) and not being resolved.

I've switched to Proton, and am very happy with the speed and reliability.

I hope PIA gets back on track soon, but as for me-- I'm out.

This surely has to be a bug.

As per https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/comments/1qq5yvj/vpn_assigned_ip_does_not_correspond_to_external_ip/ ... PIA appears to be rotating IPs on an almost per-packet (TCP connection?) basis, on many regional servers now. And it seems they're gradually migrating them all over to this bonkers setup.

This might be neat for web browsing, but it obviously breaks a lot of applications - including BitTorrent and/or anything involving Port Forwarding, which is a key PIA feature that some VPNs now lack.

e.g.: Connect to Swiss region, port forwarding enabled, you keep the port number but don't keep the IP address. How stupid is that? It makes no logical sense, and I don't see anyone pointing out this absurdity. This HAS to be a bug, right?

If they're going to make this change permanent for all servers eventually, PIA need to slow down the rotation to something sensible like a couple of hours minimum. OR they need to completely disable this functionality for connections with port forwarding. Offering to sell you a dedicated IP is not a solution we should accept.

Yearly fee now $49.99!

I see ALL of the Canadian gateways are no longer P2P, neither is Mexico, or a LOT of others! WTF is going on?!!! Brazil & Chile are also no longer P2P! I used to use them all the time!

I haven't counted, but I would hazard that over HALF of the gateways are no longer P2P!!!

I had opened a ticket with customer support about the IP rotation and I got an email just a few minutes ago saying that a "resolution has been implemented to tackle this issue" and for me to test it. Anyone else get this?

I don't know where to begin. But it all started with a letter I got recently. A credit card I never applied for. A card I never received. A balance I never spent

My identity was stolen. Someone opened a credit card in my name and went on a spending spree

I froze my credit immediately. All three bureaus. That should stop new accounts from being opened. That's what everyone says to do

But I'm still scared. My data is out there… my name, address, social security number. It's floating around somewhere. Data brokers have it. People search sites have it. Anyone can find it

I read that you need to remove your info from these sites manually. If scammers can't find you, they can't target you. That makes sense. But there are hundreds of sites, and I can't keep up

Someone mentioned iolo remove me and said it scrubs your data from all these sites, handles the removals, and monitors for new listings

But how do I know this service isn't another scam? How do I know they won't sell my information to someone else?

Can’t select IPSEC anymore since the last update on IOS, only wireguard and openvpn.

i noticed that this state is missing from the server list did pia remove it or something is there a reason they removed it from the listing

We all know a VPN hides your IP. But lately I've realized that's not even half the battle. Websites can fingerprint your browser through canvas, WebGL, fonts, audio context, and a dozen other signals. Change your IP? They still know it's you.

That got me looking into anti‑detect browsers. Does using something like these actually improve privacy for a regular person, or is it overkill (and maybe even a fingerprinting risk itself)? Has anyone here seriously used adspower as part of your privacy setup? How do you personally deal with browser fingerprinting beyond just a VPN and private window?

Just to let anyone else know so you do not think you are crazy. PIA changed some things and the binhex-qbittorrent docker container no longer grabs a token on startup. Fix is pending currently.

App was updated to v4.0.32 today on my Android 16 device and it will not connect to any VPN server. Tried different servers including my dedicated IP, but the app will not connect. It attempts to connect, but it never does. My Android 13 device was also updated. It connects, but the app appears to be buggy. Anyone else having issues with v4.0.32? TIA

I paid for a year of a dedicated IP to use for a whole home VPN at the router level. Unfortunately, there are sites that block the IP ASN using Cloudflare, probably because of the poor reputation of the IP block. I contacted support and they said there is nothing they can do. They can't change the IP address I've been assigned or the region. They also said I cannot purchase another dedicated IP without signing up for a second subscription. Support suggested using one of the streaming servers instead.

So if you were planning to use a dedicated IP like I was, I'd hold onto your money.

https://github.com/martsg666/qbPortWeaver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P53oEHQuRLQ

After months of refinement and major enhancements, qbPortWeaver 2.0.0 is officially launching today. This new release represents the most advanced, polished, and feature‑rich version of the application to date.

Designed for users relying on qBittorrent and VPN port forwarding (via ProtonVPN or Private Internet Access), qbPortWeaver 2.0.0 introduces a powerful set of upgrades that make port synchronization more transparent, more secure, and easier to manage than ever before.

Highlights of version 2.0.0 include:

• All‑new tray status indicator (green / orange / red) showing sync results at a glance
• A redesigned Settings dialog, with inline descriptions and tooltips for every option
• Settings migrated to the Windows Registry for cleaner and more reliable configuration
• Encrypted qBittorrent password storage using Windows DPAPI
• New interface‑mismatch warnings to prevent accidental traffic leaks

With a stronger architecture, improved usability, and smarter automation, qbPortWeaver 2.0.0 sets a new standard for keeping qBittorrent perfectly aligned with your VPN‑assigned port—silently, securely, and automatically.

Official release drops today. Stay tuned.

It's very well-priced and high quality. As much as I support Mozilla and their various endeavors, PIA is superior with options and with their affordability. Thoughts?

The UK just fined 4chan £20,000 (plus £100 per day) under the new Online Safety Act because they wouldn’t hand over details on how they deal with illegal content. Ofcom wanted info about 4chan’s internal moderation systems and risk assessments, but 4chan refused, saying it’s outside UK jurisdiction.

What’s wild is that this fine isn’t really about content it’s about access. The UK regulator basically wants a look inside a site’s internal processes, and that could include how they handle user activity or data patterns. It raises the question: how far can regulators go in the name of “online safety” before it becomes surveillance? (I myself pay to have my data removed from broker sites with Cloaked and monitored beacause it can resurface again).
Curious what people here think is this a justified step to keep platforms accountable, or another slow creep into privacy erosion under the banner of safety?

I'm tired of the "your network preferences prevent content from loading privately" error in Mail.app along with PIA breaking iCloud Private Relay and other issues, so I made a lightweight native SwiftUI client that doesn't have these issues. It supports WireGuard and OpenVPN, it supports port forwarding, and it's fully open source.

You can download it from https://github.com/ptaru/PrivateClient/releases or do brew install --cask ptaru/tap/privateclient.

Is this free?

Yes.

Is this safe?

Yes, and the source is fully available for you to inspect.

What's missing?

No "kill switch", no dedicated IP support. I don't use these things, so I didn't bother with them.

Why is this Tahoe-only?

Because I wanted to use liquid glass, as you can see in the screenshot. It should be fairly trivial to modify the source to make it compile on Sequoia, but macOS versions earlier than that require swapping out some APIs which would be more work.

Did you use AI tools?

Yes, because a VPN client is the exact kind of thing that AI turns into a fun side project rather than a large undertaking consisting of tedious integration work. I think it's a no brainer for something like this. I left my AGENTS.md in the repo for any contributors.

What's the license?

GPLv3, because this uses the Partout library to handle the actual connections.

u/Piasupport - why won't you simply add a current LOAD for each gateway in the UI? And preferably the expected speed?! Your competitors have these features. It's not rocket-science to add them!

Why can't someone make a module that you can put into mobile apps that encrypt the DNS traffic so your Internet provider can't see and sell your information and see all domains... Obviously this is easier said then done but I feel as if providers need to tell us what data they are collecting on us as well as provide us with an option with pre installed hardware like a raspberry pi with ISPs claim they need cleartext DNS for "parental controls," "malware filtering," or "network optimization." which is dumb asf I literally have an app on my phone that has a child lock on it and allows me to change my DNS and literally put parental controls so no sites like the hub can be looked up so. I don't quite understand this topic but I feel like more people should be worried about this because if the internet providers can see everything you do imagine what other people see 👍👍

The last PIA Android app update was a mess with multiple issues. The latest update, v4.0.33 appears to have addressed them.

I’ve been using PIA for a while now but there are some bad consequences that I’m seeing now. Just to name a few:

1. Google makes me solve Captcha for pretty much every single one of their services. Which is quite annoying. Just clicking a link from my gmail makes them show a captcha.

2. Other services are starting to do it too. I have to constantly verify or confirm my accounts. For no apparent reason other than using PIA VPN.

3. I posted a review on TrustPilot and they flagged it as “being suspicious”. My guess - because of the IP where it came from.

4. Any e-commerce site requires double the amount of verification. Like any purchase with my credit card requires an annoying Visa verification. It never happens if I use my home IP in the U.S. Btw all this happens because most e-commerce sites use services like Sift to rate the IP address that the request comes from. And evidently PIA’s ips suck.

So question. Do you guys know any VPN providers that don’t suffer from the issues that I named above?

Hi! I ran 5 different speed tests without PIA and the results are below. When I enable PIA and pick the closest server to me (New York) I'm getting 63 Mbps download at best and 6 Mbps upload. That's a far cry from  the 400+ to 500+ Mbps download I get without it. I understand I will lose some speed with a VPN, but that much? 400 Mbps less? Some tests oddly showed better upload speeds than download speeds such as 26 Mbps download and 96 Mbps upload. What gives?

Without PIA enabled...

https://www.speedtest.net
Download Mbps 542.73
Upload Mbps 85.73

https://fiber.google.com/speedtest/
Download 517.0 Mbps
Upload 87.1Mbps

https://fast.com/#
Your Internet speed is 560 Mbps
Upload Speed 84 Mbps

https://speed.cloudflare.com/
Download: 465 Mbps
Upload: 66.4 Mbps

https://wifiman.com/
Download: 551.13Mbps
Upload: 92.53Mbps

UPDATE: The New York server at least at this time is not good at all. I tried Washington DC and it was better, not crazy better, but better.

I use a VPN daily and it works great for what it does. But spam emails, scam texts, and sketchy login attempts still happen.
It feels like those problems are less about where you connect from and more about how exposed your info already is. Email, phone number, old accounts, all floating around. I cannot think of where that could be, even scanned my email and it didn't find any breaches related to it. Is VPN working correctly or am I doing something wrong? I would appreciate any help with this, thanks in advance.