They reckon that it is a serious blow on their privacy and defiantly cancel their subscriptions. Redditors are upset by Private Internet Access now being managed by Kape. The first thing I’d like to note is the stir that this event caused. This event has not only been discussed at length by VPN users but also has affected Kape Technologies, the company that bought PIA. The late 2019 sale of the serviceīefore I go into the provider’s pros and cons, I’d like to tell you about the details of the deal that took place last November. You can also choose a different VPN service that doesn’t have most of the drawbacks of Private Internet Access. I’ll tell you about every nuance of PIA’s performance on different platforms as well as about the service’s performance in general. Moreover, reconnection occurred frequently.Īs I said, PIA has both unique advantages and significant drawbacks. During my tests, certain locations would ‘’freeze’’ for several minutes multiple times. Weak Netflix support, no support of Hulu and other streaming services.Several unique settings that are available together only in Private Internet Access allow tuning or turning off encryption, DHCP, data authentication, handshake (including for the DNS), and many other parameters. Ability to fine-tune the VPN connection.Port forwarding is also indispensable in gaming quite often. It is believed that this function can help increase the torrenting speed thanks to the appearance of there being more seeders and peers. Inadequate performance of the Proxy Shadowsocks functionįour important consideration should be emphasized: No obfuscation (needed to work in China and in other cases of VPN blocks) no ability to connect through Shadowsocks in Hong Kong No ability to choose a specific server within a location The iOS version is unavailable in some regions +Extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera +Arguably the finest settings of a VPN connection +OpenVPN (UPD and TCP), IPsec, L2TP and PPTP tunneling protocols + 256-bit encryption available and allows changing parameters The list of the strongest and weakest suits of the provider: You can use the quick nav menu to access any chapter of this review that you need: