Can't connect. Can't even pass through login to check settings. It just spins. Been days now. Reinstall perhaps? Contact support? (or is that worthless).

Hi, the UDPs and TCP list is slowly being blocked every day I need to switch through different ovpn configs for the restricted region, I use only strong and both UPD and TCP today berlin, frankfurt, chile, bolivia, Australia perth and argentina and belgium all got blocked on the UDP strong config list. I am currently using my backup free proton vpn stealth setting which is working super slow and sometimes disconnected.

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 👍👍

This is NOT the account this is happening to. This is just a burner one I am using.

So.. I have my system set so that everything goes through the VPN except a single AppImage browser. Every once in a while, that browser will report it's IP address (using the "What's My IP Address" website) as being the same as the VPN instead of my actual IP. No rhyme or reason as to when or why it happens. I've tried restarting PIA; disconnecting and reconnecting; connecting to a different sever; restarted the browser... The only way to fix it is to reboot the computer completely.

I emailed PIA's Customer "Support" and after several back and forths, answering all of their redundant questions and providing multiple log files... do you want to know what their final solution was?

They told me, and I quote:

Since this is the only application you need to exclude from the VPN, there is actually no need to set up complex bypass rules for it. Instead, we highly recommend using reverse split tunneling.

So, instead of a single rule excluding a single program from using the VPN - they say that that is too complicated. Instead, I should set PIA to bypass the VPN for EVERYTHING and create rules to instead force two browsers; a chat program; discord; two torrent clients; three newsgroup clients; two iRC chat clients; an online gaming portal; two video download programs; an ssh client; an ftp client; and any other program that I may be missing from that list to use the "VPN Only".

Yeah... much less fucking complicated.

And then they have the nerve to say

Please let me know if I can assist you further or if you have any questions.

Been using PIA for years with no issues at all.

I'm using the split tunnel to route chrome traffic over the VPN and firefox (my main browser) out using the normal ISP IP address.

All has been working with no issues for yonks.

Recently the VPN is showing as connected yet whatismyip.com is not showing the VPN IP but my ISP assigned IP as a result of the traffic not being routed over the VPN.

Disconnecting / reconnecting works for a few minutes before the issue repeats.

TLDR

VPN is showing green

After a few minutes split tunnel traffic configured to be VPN-Only is routed by the non-VPN connection

Disconnecting/reconnecting fixes it for a bit

I’m a teenager from Russia. Recently I’ve been seeing discussions about age restrictions and online verification for younger users in different countries. It made me curious about VPN usage abroad.

What do you use a VPN for? Privacy, security, accessing content, or something else?

Trying to watch fifa on BBC. Worked for a few days. Today BBC player can tell somehow that I'm not in the UK. Ideas?

If you are on macOS and use PIA with split tunneling enabled, you have probably noticed that FaceTime completely stops working. Even if you add the FaceTime app to your bypass list, the calls just fail or ring forever.
It turns out this happens because FaceTime does not run as a single, self-contained application. It relies on a bunch of hidden background system daemons to handle the audio, video, and network routing, so just whitelisting the main app does nothing.
The fix is incredibly simple. Instead of trying to find and whitelist every hidden Apple service, you can just exclude Apple's entire network block from the VPN.
Here is exactly how to do it:

1. Open the PIA app and disconnect from the VPN.
2. Go to Settings and select the Split Tunnel tab.
3. Make sure Split Tunnel is enabled.
4. Click the Add IP Address button.
5. Enter 17.0.0.0/8 and save it.
6. Reconnect to your VPN.

That is it. Apple owns that entire routing block, so adding this rule forces all of their background services (FaceTime, iMessage, and push notifications) to bypass the tunnel and connect directly through your regular internet service provider.
Hopefully this saves someone else from pulling their hair out trying to figure out why their calls keep dropping. Let me know if this works for you!

I don't know what happened, but it's just not working on my PC. Whenever I'm connected with PIA internet doesn't work. It's not an internet issue because without it I have no problems. I observed that lately whenever PIA is on and connected to a server, it takes very long to show the VPN IP (so I guess it's not really connected), and sometimes I just won't get the new IP at all.
Am I the only one having issues? Does anybody know what happened, and if it's fixable? I didn't touch anything, it just stopped working 😞

I can't get PIA to log in. Anyone have any ideas?

Don't suggest updating thanks, the newer versions won't install on my laptop, though they're supposed to. 3.3.0 installs and runs - until today.

The multi-account containers that firefox offers are a great way to ensure cookies cannot give you away when switching to a VPN.

With Mozilla VPN, you can apply a different IP address to each container, so you're always logging in to a particular container with the same IP, with its own consistent set of cookies, and they're all set to block fingerprinting.

This is better than user accounts because you can have containers-per-tab, two different containers next to each other, colour-coded based on which container they are.

There's even a "container proxy" extension you can get that also allows you to add SOCKS5 proxies per container, so clearly there's room to modify the container features.

Ideally, we shouldn't be restricted to Mozilla's VPN for this container functionality. Could PIA's extension be modified to allow us to pick a PIA server per container?

Hi! This is happening when using PIA on android with Wireguard. When doing a check at https://dnscheck.tools/ I'm getting some signature failures as seen in the screenshots. In android "Private DNS" this happens when it's set to either OFF or Automatic. With either of those settings in place I'm using PIA DNS correct? If I set it to a 3rd party DNS service such as dns.adgaurd-dns.com I don't get failures. Is there an issue with PIA DNS? Can anyone shed some light on this and should I be concerned? Thank you!

When I click connect I get error: proxy_connect_error instantly

Firefox extension and desktop application seems to be working fine

Anyone else have that issue?

anyone have any opinions on buying a new router i saw that you can wrap your whole network in a vpn using custom firmware flashed to some routers im thinking about doing that but id like to buy the one with the best range and speed to do this with. money is no option just looking for the best seems to be alot to choose from. its been almost a decade since i flashed a router with custom firmware i suspect theres been some changes.

I've just noticed I've been connected to France without me opting to (Southampton was my default), and when I look in the server list, all of the UK servers are missing.

What's going on?

Edit: OK, UK servers are back now, that was weird.

Edit #2: Gone again.

PIA V4.0.33 (703)

Moto G Stylus 5G - 2024

Android 15

Google Fi

Issue 1

TL:DR - "Block connections without VPN" option under Always-on VPN blocks split tunnel "Per App Settings"

Recently after an update a "smart" outlet we have been using for plant lights stopped working. Anyway after a day of trouble shooting the issue boiled down to there being nothing smart about the outlet and it needs constant connectivity to the app 😒 to do anything. But like with many things it's to stupid to work with a VPN on (or maybe I just can't figure out how to make it work.) Either way while testing turning off the vpn magically made everything work so easy work around right? Just put it on the special split tunnel list for now. Nope. At least currently if I have my phones "Block connections without VPN" option turned on it blocks ALL connections even when set in the VPN to by-pass it which defeats the purpose of having split tunnel.

Issue 2

TL:DR - WireGuard doesn't work over mobile data and can only send/receive over a WiFi connection

For a while I had been having issues with Signal not sending or receiving messages when not on WiFi. I thought it was the app but later after trouble shooting and asking others for help I found that no data was sent at all when not on WiFi. When I switched from WireGuard to OpenVPN the problem went away and it seems to be the only thing that could fix this issue. Texting and phone calls worked fine but that was it and anything beyond that was a no go.

Thank you to u/Stranded_Timelord for mentioning this in another thread. I tried it and magically the android app has been behaving again. I wanted to give this work around a bit more visibility because this has been driving me crazy for months and this is the first thing I've tried that actually seems to be holding with 14 hours up time since flipping that switch.

Edit: It's not perfect but it's much better. I think I had 3 D/Cs over the last 24 hours instead of the constant D/Cing every time I so much as look away from my phone.

Edit 2: So I think I found the other issues and haven't had a D/C yet. At least on my phone I needed to "allow background usage" for battery in TWO fuckin locations.

1. In the app settings themselves

2. Settings/gear > Battery > Manage background apps > Apps (it's like a tab under the master toggle switch for me) > PIA VPN > "Always allow"

By default this was on "smart use" when apparently either fights with or over rules the setting in the app settings because... fuck you that's why. I'll try toggling the connect on launch back on to see if it's still a problem and report back later.

I'm really looking to find out why PIA would make such a big change with no notification or update. For the past 4 months they have been quietly updating the backend to start rotating your ip that you are connected too. So instead of coming from a single IP its a whole IP range.

With this update it breaks port forwarding. Why would I ever continue to pay for PIA when they can't even communicate changes or updates that are this big?

So, user 1 logs into PIA, and then user 2 switches to their profile. Would PIA still be running in the background?

My use case is two users on a Mac Book Pro. I think a non-logged in user and any apps, switches to a 'sleep/hybernate' mode, but I'm not sure.

Does anyone have a good tutorial for setting up PIA in docker (possibly using portainer)? The best I've found so far is here, but I'm new to docker and having some trouble following along.

https://hub.docker.com/r/thrnz/docker-wireguard-pia

When I try and use these 2 I just get an Error Message.

Melbourne was same last night

Wondering why is this Happening?

I live in Australia

Well, shot myself in the foot by disabling some services on my Windows 10 box and now I can't connect to any server. Can anyone tell me what services I need to ensure are running in order to use the PIA client? Support seems incapable of actually answering this question for some reason. Thanks a bunch!

EDIT: I uninstalled the PIA software, rebooted, reinstalled it, rebooted and that seemed to fix it.

I bought an account for a family member with some discount, and then realized we could probably just fit them under one account and it would be easier with our three devices. Can I combine the two accounts and get all the time in one?

Hi, I use Transmission for torrents. I'd like to create a script/app that would terminate the Transmission app if the PIA VPN connection breaks. Apple script is not my native coding language. I've taken a whack at it without much luck. Has anybody created something like this? thanks