Private Internet Access on Yahoo Finance!
Exciting news! We got a little shout out from Yahoo Finance! in their 5 tips to outsmart a hacker article. In short, their suggested steps are: Protect data against loss or theft Use…
General Privacy News
With The Copyright Industry Disliking VPNs In Public, You Know They’re Doing Good
A lot of news popped up about VPNs this week, all of them concerning how the copyright industry doesn't like them. That's when you know VPNs are serving a good…
New Catastrophic Privacy Leak Highlights How Nudes Are Nothing
A criminal group has obtained personal details for one of Sweden's largest anonymous forums. Done to scare, intimidate, and out political opponents discussing under protection of anonymity, the collateral damage…
The Fappening – Who Was At Fault? Everybody, Especially The NSA
It's now been 48 hours since the biggest leak of private nude photos of celebrities in history, an event dubbed "The Fappening". Details are starting to appear about what had…
Privacy, Like Vaccination, Is Primarily A Collective Benefit – Not An Individual One
Privacy isn't there for the purpose of protecting people who want to do wrong. Privacy is a more than a random civil right: it is a safeguard in a democratic…
The “Yo” App Demonstrates How Metadata Is Private Data
An app that sends "Yo!" to your friends. That's all it does. Hacked up in eight hours, in the top-five apps, valued at 10 million dollars. What's interesting is that…
Why A “Right To Be Forgotten” Is Really Really Bad For Privacy
The European Court of Justice has famously ruled that Google must abide by a new "Right To Be Forgotten" and stop showing links to stories on request from the people…
DEFCON 22 EXPERIENCE
Defcon 22 is definitely one of the most unique experiences I’ve ever had. Everything, from the registration process to the keynote speakers to the convention activities, was so foreign to…
Privacy And The Electric Monk
Many believe several contradictory things about privacy. If we could figure out why this is, we could solve a lot of problems with governments disrespecting fundamental civil liberties, and worse,…
About the PIA Client Security and VPN Security in General
There's been much discussion recently about the security of PIA's VPN services in particular and of VPN as a technology in general. This post should help both put our customers'…