The Gift of Privacy
At Private Internet Access, we’ve always been very interested in forward-thinking payment methods. We were one of the first VPN providers to officially accept Bitcoin (BTC/XBT), and additionally, we were…
Andrew
Andrew is a long-time advocate of privacy and the conservation of the personal realm. He served as the brand manager for an internationally recognized best-selling product prior to co-founding Private Internet Access.
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Posts by rasengan:
An Eventful Morning
TL;DR: Our Vanilla Forum installation was hacked, but our VPN system was completely unaffected. Forum users should change their passwords if they are used on other sites. Today, on November 18, 2013, on or about 5AM, we discovered a message posted…
PRISM
We understand that there have been a number of questions discussed regarding the recent disclosure of the NSA's PRISM program. A number of our customers have expressed concern about whether…
Even a VPN Service Can’t Protect Your Privacy if You’re using Bank of America
"I can assure you that they would not be able to do that with the Bank of America security." The words of the Bank of America supervisor echoed in our…
Coinbase, First Crowd Funded Bitcoin Company, Raises Over $600K
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Brian Armstrong (Previously AirBnB) founded the first YC backed Bitcoin company. Now, he's reached an even bigger milestone. Coinbase (YC S12) is now officially the first…
Warning: Bank of America Giving Access to Random Accounts
Today, we received an invoice for one of our expenses. To send the payment, I logged into Bank of America's website to use their ACH (Automated Clearing House) system. Once…
How To Access Free WiFi from New York City Pay Phones
New York City has launched a free public WiFi service at 10 different payphone locations, with more to come soon. The initial locations can be found on Foursquare. You can…
CashU, Liberty Reserve, and OKPay Step Aside – For #VPN Sales, #Bitcoin Rules
[caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="179"] Bitcoin and VPN. A match made in crypto.[/caption] It was once thought that the Internet’s most talked about deflationary crypto-currency would give way to massive hoarding…
Paul Graham Endorses Bitcoin
[caption id="attachment_375" align="aligncenter" width="418"] Some rights reserved by pragdave (Flickr)[/caption] History is in the making. Although this is not a major announcement pertaining to Bitcoin directly, today may be one…
Big Brother is Watching: 007 Style
[caption id="attachment_364" align="alignleft" width="300"] UK Flag: Target locked. Cameras on.[/caption] If you live in the UK, as unreal as this sounds, Big Brother is coming, and he has access to…