> I just downloaded and installed PIA. I selected a country. Do I have to do > anything else? How do I know I’m connected via vpn/pia?
There should be an icon in the menu bar that looks like a squat little person of some sort. When you click on it there’s a drop-down menu. If it says “Disconnect” near the top of the menu, then you’re connected. When you’re connected, the list POPs is greyed out. > Also, when I logged into my account online it gives me the option of changing > my password and the option to generate a > > > PPTP/L2TP/SOCKS Username and Password > > Should I do that or is the username and password they gave me that type of > username and password? These are passwords for various other types of VPN flavors. Just stick with the default, Open VPN, unless you have a good reason to do otherwise. > A third question. Do I need to change anything in the settings. > > Local Port is blank > Request port forwarding is unchecked > PIA Mace (Blocks ads, trackers, and malware while connected to VPN) is > unchecked - but I selected it - is that okay? > Use Small packets is unchecked I don’t change anything in the defaults. You can check PIA Mace, if you want some ad blocking, but you’ll find a bunch of sites nag you, if you have an ad blocker. (That’s how they make their money.) If I find the ads on a site annoying, I just stop going there. For example, I’ve stopped visiting Time magazine’s site, time.com <http://time.com/>, because of the relentless video popups. L^2 --- Lee Larson [email protected] A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. — Alfréd Rényi,
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