Episodes
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This Company Used The Worst Private Keys Ever
In this video I discuss the 8 eMudhra certificate authority private keys that used less than 8 bits of entropy and could have allowed hackers to hijack the web traffic of thousands of websites. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com…
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The PHP Bug That Broke The Internet
In this video I discuss the PHP2Shell Bug which is most severe PHP RCE bug to be discovered this decade, and because of it's poor disclosure process hundreds of websites had to be taken offline while the engineers responsible for their security waited for emergency patches to drop a day earlier...
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The Dark Webs Most Popular Forum Got Hacked
In this video I explain how a zero day vulnerability in Dread's anti DDoS software, along with it's head technical admin accidentally uploading a private key, lead to the sites main onion domain getting hijacked, and the site being taken offline temporarily. I also discuss the hackers attempt to...
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Art Craft Cloned Adobe Creative Cloud and Made it Open Source
In this video I discuss Art Craft, with a focus on Photo Craft which is an open source clone of Adobe's Photoshop program that works natively on Linux and FreeBSD at no cost without the need for Wine or other compatibility layers. Try Art Craft programs yourself https://getartcraft.com/apps My...
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F-Droid 2.0 - The Biggest Update In Years
In this video I discuss the biggest update to F-Droid in years, better search features and a more modern looking user interface. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿…
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Omarchy - The Agentic Linux Desktop
In this video I review Omarchy OS and some of the agentic workflows you can perform on it. It's an interesting experience and requires little configuration for AI workflows besides signing into accounts or pasting in API keys but there's also several security concerns with it. My merch is…
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When Home Security Gets Hijacked
In this video I discuss how easily compromised home security systems can leave you more unsafe than not having it in the first place. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿...
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X Has Shut Down Nitter
In this video I discuss how X (the platform formerly known as twitter) sent cease and desist letters to the operators of nitter.net, xcancel, and other various twitter front end alternatives and claimed that scraping twitter and then serving up posts for people to view on other platforms without...
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How Ad Blockers Work
In this video I discuss how different kinds of ad blockers work, including browser based ad blockers and network wide DNS filters. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿...
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EU's Digital ID is Killing the Open Phone Market
In this video I discuss how the European Digital Identity program's implementation could make Linux phones, older Android devices, and Android phones with custom ROM's unable to access online services. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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The Government's War On GrapheneOS
In this video I discuss how different federal agencies are attempting to prosecute people for the use of GrapheneOS features to erase data from their phones and make it more difficult to access. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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The End of Physical Media
In this video I explain how corporations are crushing the physical media industry to make more money off of consumers, wipe out the 2nd hand movie and games market, and control who is able to watch what where and when. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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How Police Are Abusing AI Systems
In this video I discuss how police are misusing and abusing automated systems like facial recognition, shot spotter, and automated license plate readers (ALPRs) like Flock to wrongfully charge people with crime and traffic violations. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on...
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Your TV Might Be Part Of A Botnet
In this video I discuss how apps on smartTV's are being used to setup stealthy residential proxies to support botnets using the TV owners home internet connection. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the...
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When Your Computer Gets Hacked Through A Bluetooth Speaker
In this video I explain how a security researcher discovered an exploit in Creative's Sound Blaster Katana V2X soundbar that allows someone to install custom firmware to the speaker over an unauthenticated bluetooth connection to turn the speaker into a surveillance device or HID that can send...
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Microsoft's Bug Bounty Betrayal Puts Everyone in Danger
In this video I discuss how Microsoft's refusal to pay out on bug bounties is dissolving trust between them and security researchers causing them to no longer take on bug bounties and in some cases just release public exploits for Microsoft's software. My merch is available at https://based.win/...
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Linux Is Too Powerful For Age Check Laws
In this video I discuss changes made to age verification laws as a result of the open source nature of Linux and free software. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿…
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RCE Bug Found in NGINX (With AI Tools)
If you thought kernel bugs that allowed privilege escalations weren't bad enough a security company called Depthfirst managed to discover several vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution bug in NGINX that has existed in the programs code base for over 18 years with their AI…
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A Hacker Found The BitLocker Backdoor
In this video I discuss how a hacker that was wronged by Microsoft for not paying out on bug bounties has been dropping free unpatched exploits against Microsoft products, including bitlocker. Read their blog here https://deadeclipse666.blogspot.com/ My merch is available at https://based.win/...
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Linux Is Getting an Emergency Kill Switch
In this video I discussed the proposed Linux kernel "kill switch" that would allow administrators to disabled unused vulnerable kernel functions to protect their machines from being compromised by malware like copy fail or dirty frag. https://lwn.net/Articles/1071706/ My merch is available at...
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AI Tools Found a Serious Root Exploit in Linux
In this video I discuss the Copy Fail exploit that was found be security researchers at Theori with the help of their AI security tools. Read the full writeup of the exploit here. https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on...
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Online Password Managers Keep Getting Hacked
In this video I discuss how BitWarden CLI was temporarily compromised by a supply chain attack, the risks developers and users could face as a result of the attack, and how to better protect yourself against these kinds of attacks in your organization. My merch is available at https://based.win/...
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Canonical Is Adding AI to Ubuntu
In this video I discuss how Canonical Is planning to add AI features into Ubuntu. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿ Monero...
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When The AI Model Comes With RCE
In this video I discuss CVE-2026-5760 a critical remote code execution vulnerabilties that was discovered in SGLang's Jinja Templating engine. If you're running SGLang it's recommended to use sandboxed jinja templates and ensure you aren't loading malicious GGUF Models to avoid a takeover of your...
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France Is Ditching Windows for Linux
In this video I discuss Frances 20+ year transition away from proprietary Microsoft software like Windows Office 365 to free and open source software like Linux and OpenOffice, as well as their development of their own Linux distros (GendBuntu and Securix) and their own office suite (LaSuite) My...
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Your Home Router Might Be In Danger
In this video I discuss the governments recent warning about foreign routers and state sponsored hacking of SOHO routers and how you can protect yourself from these router exploits. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8…
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Install Arch Linux The Lazy Way
In this video I show you how to use archinstall 4.0 to easily deploy an arch Linux machine and create reproducible Arch Linux builds. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿...
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Uncomplicated Firewall Guide
In this video I give you an uncomplicated breakdown on ufw (the uncomplicated firewall) in this video I cover how to configure a firewall on your Linux system. 0:00 Intro 0:06 What is UFW? 0:47 UFW Default Rules 1:26 Implicit Deny 3:32 UFW Application Profiles 7:23 How to Configure a Secure...
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Making Linux Ungovernable With I2P
In this video I show you how to use Linux in an "ungovernable" way by fetching packages and distro iso's over the I2P darknet. 0:00 Intro to I2P 1:49 Downloading Linux .iso's over I2P 3:32 Configuring Qbittorrent to connect to I2P 7:57 How Artix Linux is resisting age check laws 10:31 How to...
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Meta Spent Millions To Push The New Age Check Laws
In this video I discuss why Meta (formerly known as Facebook) spent millions of dollars to lobby for the new age check laws like the App Store Accountability Act to shift the responsibility of keeping kids off their platform to OS and App store makers. Sources for this video with more details…
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The Online ID Check Situation is Crazy
In this video I discuss how the "App Store Accountability Act" would add another layer of privacy violating age checks at the federal level to everyone who wants to use any kind of computer or mobile device. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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Installing Linux Just Got Easier
In this video I demo ULLI the USB-Less Linux Installer which lets you install a new Linux distro from Windows or a different Linux distro without using any external media just like the "in-place upgrade" that has existed for Windows OS's since Windows 8. Try ULLI for yourself...
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Online Age Checks Are Going Too Far
In this video I discuss how states are passing laws that would require users to submit their age in order to use an operating system, and how this will affect the free software community. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8...
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The Pentagon Is Forcing Anthropic To Make AI Weapon Systems
In this video I discuss how Anthropic has been given an ultimatum by the Pentagon to loosen their AI ethics and give the DOD unrestricted access to their models to use them for autonomous weapons and domestic. surveillance. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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Facebook Will Simulate Dead Users With AI
In this video I discuss Meta's (formerly Facebook) patent to "simulate" deceased users with large language models to keep profiles posting content and interacting with real users and how they'll use it to manipulate people for profit. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on...
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Discord Will Be Used To Spy On You
In this video I discuss how Discord will start collecting government ID's and bio metric face scans of all their users and the connections that these ID verification companies have to government agencies that conduct mass surveillance on their citizens. My merch is available at https://based.win/...
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Chinese Hackers Hijack Notepad++ Updates
In this video I discuss how Chinese hackers were able to spy on peoples computers by compromising the update infrastructure of notepad plus plus. The hackers were able to conduct multiple waves of espionage until the issue was patched in December. If you or your organization has been using this...
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Stop Using BitLocker
In this video I discuss how Microsoft giving BitLocker Encryption keys to the FBI reveals a flaw in their cloud storage systems that could expose consumer data to hackers. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support...
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Photoshop Finally Works on Linux
In this video I show you how to run PhotoShop on Linux using new patches made by a developer linked below Wine patches for Adobe Programs https://github.com/PhialsBasement/wine-adobe-installers/releases/tag/adobe-collections My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on…
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TuxMate Makes Linux Desktop Setup a Breeze
In this video I discuss how you can use TuxMate to make deploying a Linux desktop easier with bulk app installation, especially if you're distro hopping. https://tuxmate.com/ My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help...
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CachyOS Is Coming For Your Server
In this video I discuss how the CachyOS team is planning to develop a specialized version of the distro that's optimized for servers, this is a bold move considering cachy OS is a relatively new rolling release distro. Will it be able to compete with Ubuntu and Debian? Link to the FOSDEM19 talk...
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When You Forget To Redact The Epstein Files
In this video I discuss the the Epstein files recently uploaded to justice.gov and how the court records were incorrectly redacted leading people on a hunt for information while documents where more interesting data might be found had more care taken to redact the documents properly. Someone also...
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Desktop Linux Just Keeps Winning
In this video I discuss how daily driving Linux and Linux gaming is becoming easier through all in one distros like Bazzite and helper software like iDescriptor to make things like using an iPhone with Linux easier. https://github.com/iDescriptor/iDescriptor My merch is available at...
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Jolla Phone - A Modern Linux Smart Phone
In this video I discuss the Jolla Phone, a Linux smartphone with modern design and specifications, pre-order the Jolla phone using the link below. https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com...
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Linux Shell Tricks For Managing Files
In this video I go over shell tricks to manage your files more effectively on Linux. My merch is available at https://based.win/ Subscribe to me on Odysee.com https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8 ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿ Monero...
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The Best Desktop Linux For Windows Users
In this video I discuss how Linux is becoming the best OS for gaming and productivity, not just as a result of open source developer efforts, but Microsoft compromising their own OS and turning it into a "Canvas for AI". Zorin OS 18 provides a stable environment for users and makes the transition...
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Cloudflare Breaks the Internet (again)
In this video I discuss how an uncaught exception in Cloudflare's Rust infrastructure caused their services to go down and by extension large parts of the internet. Cloudflare Blog Links https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/20-percent-internet-upgrade/…
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Based Developer Makes AirPods Open Source
In this video I discuss how a Free Software Developer has created software that allows people to use all the features of airpods that are normally only reserved for Apples hardware on Android and Linux devices. If this project is successful people will be able to use the best consumer earbuds…
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Can Crowd Funded Tech Support Fix a Linux Sound Bug?
In this video I discuss a linux community effort to crowd fund the fixing of a speaker issue on the Lenovo Legion Pro 7. Could this become a more common method for fixing bugs in Free and Open Source operating systems? Follow the saga at this git repo...
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China Is Forcing People To Watch Ads for Free Toilet Paper
In this video we take a look at how China has monetized toilet paper in public bathrooms. You can pay 0.5 Yuan (about $0.07) or watch a 30 second ad to receive a small portion of toilet paper to clean yourself. Will this addition to the social credit system curtail people stealing free TP or will...