Internet on Ulveon's Thoughts

Adventures with vibe-coding: TLD racketeering

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0100

While vibe-coding a small tool to hunt for interesting domain names, I stumbled into something I didn’t expect, and, honestly, something a bit worrying.

Vanguard (Part 1): Telegram raid protection

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been developing Vanguard over the past few months. Initially it was little more than a hack, which was developed quickly and without much consideration regarding the cleanliness of the code. I needed a way to have public Telegram links without the risk of raids, or getting botted.

Effective security beyond encryption

Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

To highly technical audiences, it is unsurprising that Telegram is not cryptographically secure and that Signal is much better.

Numerous security experts have pointed out that Telegram’s reputation as a secure messenger is primarily a result of its marketing rather than its technical architecture.

Software toggles are evil

Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“Do not sell my personal information”, “Reject all cookies”, “Do not show me personalised ads”, “Do not use my Maps activity for improvements”, “Do not store my voice recordings”, “Permanently delete my account”

Operational Security: Staying safe online

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 23:39:19 +0100

The Internet is a dangerous place. Especially if you are LGBTQ, furry, have unconventional sexual tendencies (CNC, BDSM, FinDom, etc) or are a member of a religious or racial minority group.

The Internet was not designed with safety or security in mind. In its ARPANET beginnings, many systems didn’t even have passwords because only privileged users were supposed to access them. As such, privacy and security features are often little more than layers added on top of aging protocols, like HTTPS is just SSL applied on top of HTTP.

Nobody is going to shut down Telegram

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:10:16 +0100

At the time of writing, Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram was arrested by French authorities [archived version].

As usual, a flurry of theories and panic ensued. I want to give my opinion on what’s going to happen next. At this time, I don’t believe Telegram is in any significant danger. Of course, things could change, but there’s absolutely no reason to panic right now.