We Are Removing Our South Korea Presence
On the 21st January 2018 at 6.15pm Pacific Time, Private Internet Access was alerted by close contacts in South Korea that law enforcement would be seeking to mirror our servers…
General Privacy News
Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (12/21): Our parents bought things untracked, their footsteps in store weren’t recorded
In the last article, we focused on how people are tracked today when using credit cards instead of cash. But few pay attention to the fact that we're tracked when…
Private Internet Access and Linux Journal set up $25,000 fund to reward experienced and aspiring writers
January 18, 2018 -- Private Internet Access, the leading no-log VPN provider in the world, has established a $25k fund to jump-start the next generation of Linux journalism. PIA’s parent…
Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (11/21): Our parents used anonymous cash
The anonymous cash of our analog parents is fast disappearing, and in its wake comes trackable and permissioned debit cards to our children. While convenient, it's a wolf in sheep's…
Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (10/21): Analog journalism was protected; digital journalism isn’t
In the analog world of our parents, leaks to the press were heavily protected in both ends - both for the leaker and for the reporter receiving the leak. In…
Private Internet Access adds new PIA servers and regions in Czech Republic
Dear Beloved Customers, Private Internet Access is proud to announce the opening of our Czech Republic Region/Gateway. Just like our other boxes, these new PIA servers have 10Gbit connections to…
Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (9/21): When the government knows what news you read, in what order, and for how long
Our analog parents had the ability to read news anonymously, however they wanted, wherever they wanted, and whenever they wanted. For our digital children, a government agent might as well…
How to stop CoffeeMiner, the tool that injects a cryptocurrency miner to HTML requests at WiFi hotspots
There's a new project called CoffeeMiner which allows an attacker to hijack the computers of those on the same WiFi network and force them to mine cryptocurrency (Monero) for the…
Private Internet Access creator, London Trust Media, acquires Linux Journal
To our beloved customers, Over the years, with your help, we have supported many worthy projects and events in the open source space. At the beginning of December, Carlie Fairchild…
Private Internet Access adds new PIA servers and regions in Spain
Dear Beloved Customers, Private Internet Access is proud to announce the opening of our Spain Region/Gateway. Just like our other boxes, these new PIA servers have 10Gbit connections to our…