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Update the source code for PIA VPN chrome extension to match the current release
Summary
This repository was last updated on May 31, 2021, as well as the latest GitHub release, which is version 3.1.0, while the current PIA VPN chrome extension was last updated on July 18, 2023, and the latest release is version 3.2.0, according to the chrome web store. PIA VPN website states that PIA VPN apps are 100% open-source multiple times, but the chrome extension source code isn't updated, which makes those statements misleading and untrue because only some parts of PIA VPN are open-source and have their respective GitHub repositories updated.
Steps to reproduce
- Go to the Private Internet Access website;
- Go to the bottom of the site and click in "Chrome VPN", in the "PIA Apps" section;
- Scroll the page until you find this marketing sentence: "Our VPN apps are 100% open-source so you can see for yourself we have nothing to hide."
- To verify PIA's claims, go to GitHub, search for "pia-foss", filter by "Users" and you will find PIA's official GitHub profile;
- Click in "Private Internet Access - Free and Open Source Software" profile;
- Look for the "extension-chrome" repository among the profile's repositories;
- Click in "extension-chrome";
- Notice that the lats release in the release section is the 3.1.0 from May 31, 2021;
- In another tab, go to the chrome web store and search for "Private Internet Access";
- Find the extension and click in it;
- Scroll until you find the extension's version number (currently 3.2.0) and the date from the latest update (currently July 18, 2023);
- Understand that the extension's current source code isn't published in GitHub, only the source code from an old version.
What is the expected correct behaviour?
The current chrome extension's source code should be available in the "pia-foss/extension-chrome" repository in GitHub and the latest source code and extension releases in GitHub would be similar with the current chrome extension release in the chrome web store.
Possible fixes suggested remediation
Update the Private Internet Access chrome extension's source code in this GitHub repository and provide the latest extension and source code releases for this chrome extension in the releases section of this GitHub repository. Another solution is to clarify in PIA VPN's website that only some of its apps are open-source and exactly which ones, and consequently archive this repository. In fact, I think that the website shouldn't state that all PIA VPN apps are open-source until they really are.