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Pia private internet access login7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Only the OpenVPN Connect app we recommended to iOS users can use that. Licensing restrictions prevent PIA from using OpenVPN software for apps available on Apple’s App Store. So we began digging.Ĭhris Miller, PIA’s senior VP of marketing, told us that OpenVPN can refer to both a software and a protocol (as well as the technology company that owns the aforementioned software). We were curious as to how it’d been able to implement our preferred protocol in its iOS app, instead of forcing users to do what we recommend-connect to your chosen VPN through the OpenVPN Connect app. Even though PIA was not our VPN service pick, it has been a staff favorite for a few years running (it’s still the VPN I personally use). But seeing it supported in an iOS app surprised us, as our research suggested that licensing restrictions in Apple’s App Store made this impossible. Alternatives to OpenVPN have security flaws and disadvantages that make us uncomfortable recommending a service that relies on them, so we made OpenVPN support a requirement for any pick. Right before we published our new guide to VPNs, we learned that one of our contenders- Private Internet Access, or PIA-had added OpenVPN support for its iOS app. ![]()
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