Myself

I am a digital forensics examiner and researcher working on cyber security. In my free time I contribute to projects that I believe relate to my interests.

I advocate for liberty, individual privacy and anti-authoritarianism.

I work with the non-profit foundation behind GrapheneOS, an open source privacy and security focused mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. I produce technical reports / articles and work on external engagements on behalf of the project.

This website

This website is a blog where I write my research work, long-form analyses, educational material, and personal opinion.

Some content are resources to do with digital privacy and security practices. Anything you do follow is within your own risk tolerance and threat models, I am not liable for flawed implementations and I am not your one-to-one consultant.

If you’re the type to follow influencers or comments on Reddit for your technical itch, then I am not your person to read. How I do things is corporate, professional, on technical merit and not motivated by conspiracy theories. Everything is done to my own needs and demands. I do things my way, not yours.

Cooperation

If you are a researcher then please let me check out your work. I am interested in any research about computer forensics, mobile forensics, intelligence, and cyber (enabled and dependent) crime. I would love to be your extra pair of eyes. I would also respect any requests to privacy regarding your work.

If you wish to whistleblow about security research targeting GrapheneOS by adversaries then please contact official GrapheneOS channels. If not possible, message me to discuss further. All discussions will be confidential.

Contact

Please do not contact me to say hello. I will likely ignore your message unless you write about what your questions or requests are.

Matrix: f1nal at GrapheneOS dot org

Nostr:

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Donations

Please donate to the GrapheneOS Foundation directly for anything related to GrapheneOS at their donate page rather than me.

If for whatever strange reason you wish to donate something directly to me, you can send to the lightning address final@minibits.cash where any donations would be spent on producing other projects and media.

I will add onchain BTC / XMR addresses when I feel like it.

The current operating costs for this website per year is €47.30 (€32.40 for server and €14.90 for domain). Hosting and domain services are purchased with cryptocurrency and supports privacy-respecting service providers directly.