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PIA VPN Subscription: 3 Years + 4 Bonus Months A$109.00 @ Private Internet Access

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Private Internet Access VPN is running a Halloween deal with 3 Years for A$109 or 86% Discount or $2.73/month.

All amounts are shown in AUD, and any discounts reflect a reduction based on the current monthly service pricing at AU$ 19.79 per month.

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  • +6

    Google search this company. Thank me later.

    • +1

      link me up please?
      All I see is positive stuff

      • +5

        If you're just googling for VPN reviews, you might end up reading a sponsored article with high SEO rankings. PC Mag, Cnet, Forbes, Techradar, TomsGuide are common examples where they are receiving some commission / kickbacks for recommending VPN services. They almost never talk about how bad a VPN is — they simply compare a handful of VPN's and give them all very generous star ratings of 4~5. The reviews are never in-depth and are surface-level only.

        In some cases the VPN's themselves write their own glowing reviews

        https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/comments/11ej…

      • +8

        They were taken oven by Kape Technologies. You can find info about them everywhere (and probably a lot more recent) but I'll just leave this here:

        Kape positions itself as a cybersecurity and digital privacy firm, but the company was previously known as Crossrider, and was notorious for distributing data-tracking adware. Kape was co-founded by a billionaire convicted of insider trading, and an ex-Israeli surveillance agent.

        source

      • Kape Technologies changed their name in 2018 in order to go under a type of rebranding and "escape a strong association to the past activities of the company" through which they had issues with their previous image being associated with traffic manipulation.

    • +1

      Have been with PIA for years. Fast reliable never had an issue. What exactly are you referring to?

      • +4

        Suspect ownership and log sharing.

        Even if you ain't doing dodgy things it's the principle that matters

  • I got it specifically to watch the BBC. It never worked

  • +7

    With other VPNs having 100% cashback more or less, this isn't really a deal.

  • +3

    Just wait for another ShopBack cashback deal, they often do 100%+ cashback deals for PIA, every few months or so.

  • -3

    1) a vpn is just another persons network, paid vpns are probably better than free ones/almost free ones(which probably mine ur data anyways).

    2) if ur just concerned about ur isp datamining you or holding your metadata by australian law for 2 yrs, maybe just change ur DNS to a reliable free one, maybe cloudflare?

    3) if u have a tin foil hat and u know some I.T, your best bet is probably setting up ur own vpn server on a ram vm hosted in another country anyways.

    i think most vpn conscious people here just wait for the multi year, sharksurf/nord/pia 98%+ cachbacks and spinup new accounts.

    • +2
      1. It's harder to track someone if all the source and destination data is coming from a anonymised and logless location

      2. The 2 year rule isn't enforced by any government body as evidenced by the enormous Optus hack in which 7+ year old data was being held because they "maybe could use it" someday.

      3. If you think you can host a remote country VPN for less than $35 a year you are dreaming.
        You can't even host a local VM with uptime of 8 hours in the AWS eastern cluster for that price.

      • Hi,

        1) my first point was just stating simply that a vpn is just another persons network and its up to peoples own judgments to put trust into that service, just because a service says its logless doesnt 100% it is or if there is an issue with the service where if the hardware were subpoenaed from a federal agency things couldnt be recovered. For example, years ago wasnt one of NORD's vpn had a server which was not setup correctly by a third party and it was breached.

        2) I was merely telling people that Australia does have a data retention law in place, and if they just didnt want their ISP logging basic metadata like websites visited they could just use a different DNS service which is freely available, instead of spending money on a VPN.

        3) Concerns for cost was not written in my statement, i just said if you're crazy privacy nut and you know a bit more or are into I.T then there are a lot other ways than trusting a public/paid VPN service.

  • I am more using it to buy subscriptions cheaper, YouTube, Netflix etc

    • +3

      you can get a 95% to 100% cashback if you buy it through Topcashback. Nobody on Ozbargain ever pays $109 for PIA vpn's.

  • Bypassing geoblock never worked for Netflix and Prime.

    5 years' sub is going to expire soon if someone can recommend one which can bypass geoblock and good for bt please do let me know thanks.

    • -1

      Windscribe

  • -2

    Shit vpn, mullvad or windscribe should be your only choices

    • +1

      Works a lot better than Windscribe for me.

    • Mullvad is the best vpn for privacy and has decent server speeds. I’ve used quite a few vpns

      • +1

        You can even buy 6 or 12 month voucher cards from Amazon now which should give you another layer of privacy. I think if you shred the voucher card after you use it they have no way of linking that payment back to your account so keep that mind if you want a receipt of sorts. I think it was cheaper than paying Mullvad directly too.

  • Any decent ones that aren't 5eyes connected or susceptible?

  • lol just get the cb deals some even had 105% back

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