The PIA program for Linux and Windows have a program design flaw, which temporarily stores your username and password in an unencrypted file.
“It happens because there are 2 (main) processes one handling the GUI and one which handles the connection. As someone is connecting to the VPN the GUI process writes the username and password in plain text into a file called user_pass.txt in the installation folder. Then the second process is being spawned an reads from the file and deletes it. So if you block the file from being deleted you can read the username and password in plain text.”
>The PIA program for Linux Literally what? I was using OpenVPN version on Linux.
Landon Hughes
what the fuck is a pia program
is this like those pia pets they used to advertise on tv 12 years ago
Brandon Howard
This
Chase Young
Looking at your own hand jerking you off is the last thing you want to do while masturbating
Adam Lewis
Jesus jacking me
Sebastian Stewart
I wouldn't call it a leak so much as a design flaw. It stores it in plaintext in your own filesystem, if that has been compromised an attacker could just as easily capture all of your keyboard input. Nevertheless, you should use your credentials to connect directly to the VPN via OpenVPN.
Aaron Flores
This. My seedbox comes with openvpn.
Cameron Reed
What an awful post. You probably thought that was really clever, didn't you?
Matthew Wood
There is always this. Fact is that you have to assume the client's machine is secure anyway. If it's compromised then what can you do?
What an awful post. You probably thought that was really clever, didn't you?
Landon Young
But the girl in your picture still is pretty feminine and her hands are too even though she's buff
Carson Moore
PIA is a scam. Who cares about LTT's dumb audience falling for it?
Jackson Moore
Scam VPN service.
>PIA American based, it's a scam. As for others, it's doubtful as long as they're listed on privacytools.io
Isaac Hill
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Caleb Martinez
Is PIA the only VPN that has gone to US court and not given up user data?
Jonathan King
fuck off
Levi Hill
cringe
Colton Butler
Probably not, but it's probably the only one that's done it three times.
Also protip: PIA works fine with OpenVPN, you don't need their client at all.
Adrian Hall
i've used open vpn but it was too laggy I currently use pia, guess im riding it out till the subscription expires
except every compromised VPN out there has NEVER been PIA , always someone else
Jace Murphy
How is it a scam?
Oliver Ortiz
Nice propaganda
Benjamin Ortiz
So how would Jow Forums solve the problem is the 2nd process needing to log in with the 1st process' credentials?
Gavin Robinson
>he doesn't use a long sleeved hoodie to jerk it
Andrew Reyes
That's what I'm interested as well. This seems like the quickest and most intuitive implementation, but also kinda hacked together.
Xavier Campbell
Storing the password in a text file isn't the issue. The issue is that every single program running as your user can read it. If the file was owned by another user then this would be a mute point as only that user would be able to read it.
>PIA programs I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.
Jace Moore
>not using NordVPN Haha
Elijah Walker
a pain inthe ass
Jaxon Gonzalez
t. uses Russian vpns and reads reuters
Grayson Wilson
They're officially based in Panama but they have servers in the USA in a city where there happens to be an NSA office. Combine that with the fact that they run ads all over the place for their service, and suffice to say that there's more than enough reason to suspect it's an NSA botnet.