vpn Amazon blocking PIA

[ChewyBeard]

Amazon appears to be blocking PIA's US connection locations. I am receiving an "your connection was interrupted" or "this site can not be reached" errors.

 

Edit: For clarification this is on the main site, and not just Amazon Video. And swapping to another country will allow access as normal.

 

I will preface, I have only been using PIA for roughly 7 months. So I am not familiar if this is a common issue or something recent.

I am also new to the forum, but have been watching for years. Please let me know if I am not following any of the rules of posting.

[rEkmAInc1csBnlM6C85H]

Have you tried using Incognito/private mode in addition to the VPN, Amazon might be seeing cookies and freaking out; incognito mode will not allow old cookies to tip off Amazon.

 

I don't think I have been blocked from USA severs yet.

[ChewyBeard]

2 minutes ago, Andrew 1337 said:

Have you tried using Incognito/private mode in addition to the VPN, Amazon might be seeing cookies and freaking out; incognito mode will not allow old cookies to tip off Amazon.

Incognito appears to have the same issue. Some connection servers are now coming up correctly, in both standard and incognito modes. 

[rEkmAInc1csBnlM6C85H]

1 minute ago, ChewyBeard said:

Incognito appears to have the same issue. Some connection servers are now coming up correctly, in both standard and incognito modes. 

 

Just tested, I had it happen also. PIA @ Seattle.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Connected through PIA US Florida, Amazon.com and .co.uk are both loading fine for me. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, Andrew 1337 said:

 

Just tested, I had it happen also. PIA @ Seattle.

Interesting, just connected through US Seattle and no issues here. I am in the UK though, so there's a chance there's something in the NA network causing it. 

[rEkmAInc1csBnlM6C85H]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Interesting, just connected through US Seattle and no issues here. I am in the UK though, so there's a chance there's something in the NA network causing it. 

I imagine PIA has multiple external IP's for each location and not all of them are being blocked, only a guess mind you.

[ChewyBeard]

1 minute ago, Andrew 1337 said:

I imagine PIA has multiple external IP's for each location and not all of them are being blocked, only a guess mind you.

I would have to image that was the case. But, the connections from different areas makes me think two things

1. Amazon is attempting blocking PIA, but is missing some requests.

or

A. There are bad actors using PIA hardware or service, and Amazon has blocked the hardware those bad actors are on.

[brwainer]

PIA “US East” and “US Washington DC” appear to be blocked as well.

 

However, this post does not follow the rules of the News section. The LTT Forum News isn’t meant to be the first-source for anything, it is meant to share articles from other sources.

[ChewyBeard]

12 hours ago, brwainer said:

PIA “US East” and “US Washington DC” appear to be blocked as well.

 

However, this post does not follow the rules of the News section. The LTT Forum News isn’t meant to be the first-source for anything, it is meant to share articles from other sources.

I understand the rule. But, this was not intended to be news. I was attempting to notify other PIA users of the potential issues that might arise. This was posted in the Network forum, and not tagged as news. If it has been cross posted, that was not done by me.

[brwainer]

1 hour ago, ChewyBeard said:

I understand the rule. But, this was not intended to be news. I was attempting to notify other PIA users of the potential issues that might arise. This was posted in the Network forum, and not tagged as news. If it has been cross posted, that was not done by me.

My mistake, I’m subscribed to both, and thought you had posted it in News. 

[Tyvokka]

Came here to see if anyone else was experiencing this issue. I've been using PIA for about a year with no issues. Was shopping around Amazon last night on VPN and everything was normal, went to bed to sleep on my choices, then went to make my purchase this afternoon to find that I can't load Amazon at all unless I either disable PIA or select an out of US location. WTF is Amazon doing? I have no interest in making any kind of purchase online without VPN encryption.

[mynameisjuan]

33 minutes ago, Tyvokka said:

Came here to see if anyone else was experiencing this issue. I've been using PIA for about a year with no issues. Was shopping around Amazon last night on VPN and everything was normal, went to bed to sleep on my choices, then went to make my purchase this afternoon to find that I can't load Amazon at all unless I either disable PIA or select an out of US location. WTF is Amazon doing? I have no interest in making any kind of purchase online without VPN encryption.

Just curious as of why?

[N4mo]

2020 Update. I cannot watch Prima via any US server. I am from Europe. 
Walkarround ?