Some banks won't allow access if they detect you're using a VPN. This is powerful, for example, if you must visit a site or service without using the PIA VPN. As you can see, you can choose whether to use the VPN or not based on both applications and IP addresses. Here you can enable the VPN kill switch as well as MACE, PIA's anti-malware and tracking feature.Ī very useful feature is the comprehensive split-tunneling feature PIA offers. The Account tab simply reflects your account and plan data. You can decide whether to launch on startup and connect on launch, plus there are a few appearance options. The General preferences are relatively straightforward. You can get to this by right-clicking on the tray icon or tapping the three-dot menu at the upper right and then selecting Settings. PIA offers a good selection of extra features and options. You can get to that list by clicking on the greater-than sign to the right of the pre-selected server location. For example, you can choose what server you want to use for your connection. There's a lot you can do from this interface, even before initiating a connection. As you can see, starting with the default connection is a matter of just pressing the amber power button: Upon install, an app was placed in the system tray. I'm going to demonstrate this on Windows, but the interfaces are somewhat similar for Mac, iOS, and Android. Initiating a connection with Private Internet Access (PIA) was quite straightforward. Read on, and you'll see those results as well. Just don't try using it to connect to India. There's a lot to like with this product, and the price is good as well as the performance. Definitely read through the details below.

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