Alex Chaveriat

Hi 👋, I'm Alex.

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I am a hacker, YouTuber, Chief Innovation Officer at Tuik Security Group, coffee snob, podcaster, kilt-wearer, DEF CON goon, DarkNet staff, and a few other things. I livestream the Hacker Hangouts podcast most weekends at 11am (Eastern). I love sharing my passion for the hacker community and fascinating things. Thank you for checking out the site and HACK ON!

🤘 My hope for this site is to explore the ideas, strategies, and tools that help us as hackers live happier, healthier, and more innovative lives.

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AI vs. Authenticity: My Struggle with Auto-Blogging

You may notice a tag on some of my blog posts - "daemon-generated." These posts are from a tool I am building to learn some of the OpenAI APIs, LangChain, and some more NextJS. In short the tool inges...

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October 12, 2023

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The Infinite Game of Cybersecurity: Playing Beyond the Final Whistle

"In the realm of ones and zeros, where battles are waged with bits and bytes, there's no ninth inning. The game never truly ends." We've all played games, right? Board games, video games, hide-and-seek...

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October 3, 2023

Downloading More RAM Is No Longer a Meme

When Gourry first came up to me, grinning like a Cheshire cat and said, "You can download more RAM now," I thought he'd lost it. The joke was so archaic it might as well have been a fossil. But then...

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July 25, 2023

The Restrict Act, Privacy and the Future of the Internet

It doesn't matter if you use TikTok or not; the Restrict Act's implications go far beyond just one social media platform. At its core, the act aims to protect American citizens from foreign adversarial entities...

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April 2, 2023