4chan back before the Nazi takeover was like the wild west. My favorite part was “Lithursday,” when we would share images with embedded PDFs of copyrighted content, including rare books, anarchist materials, and military manuals. I often wonder if those unusually large .jpgs are still floating around the internet waiting to be unlocked. I also saw legitimate acts of activism and terrorism unfolding live, without the interpretation and propaganda of the state.

FastVPN is known for astroturfing online communities, which has serious ethics implications, and brings into questioning what they’re willing to do with the VPN data. Educated users know not to use FastVPN.