Reviews for Private Internet Access
Private Internet Access by PrivateInternetAccess
362 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14058147, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14027713, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by almostbasic, 7 years agoI have been using PIA's VPN app for Windows and Android for several years and love it. I saw that they had a Firefox extension and had to give it a shot and I'm glad I did. Very easy to use, lots of great features - another home run from PIA.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14026503, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14026476, 7 years agoI have mixed feelings here. I totally recommend PIA as a service but not this add on.
Use the actual PIA Client and give this add-on a WIDE berth, it will NOT protect you and WILL reveal your IP address to anybody who is interested. Put bluntly, it just does not work reliably (if at all sometimes).
Sometimes it works, but sometimes it doesn`t, (yet reports that it is connected). - A simple IP lookup reveals all.
Proof:-
https://imgur.com/HnLFbIn (`connected` to london server, but IP lookup showing my Static IP).
https://imgur.com/T6b4mM7 (`connected` to California Server, but again showing my home IP).
A VPN is supposed to anonamize you as one of its primary functions and its clear that with this add-on, the VPN is sometimes not even being connected at all. The most worrying issue is that it reports as being `connected` yet clearly isn`t, which misleads you into thinking you are being protected, when in actuality , you are not.. When first downloaded, this IP look up test (and other similar services), accurately showed the VPN servers IP when tested, but a random test showed it had failed. I guess its possible that reloading the add-on may cure the issue, but whats to stop it failing again? Its not something I would feel happy relying on.Developer response
posted 7 years agoHello, we'd like to remedy this issue as quick as possible. Is there some steps that you could send us to replicate this issue?
Could you also send us the version of the extension you are using? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13611860, 7 years agoFinally a firefox addon. Great company. No problems in 3+ years of being with them
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14014512, 7 years agoHuge PIA fan! Glad it's finally out as a Firefox add on!