--- title: About Me --- Freedom-focused hacker. I love everything about free software, and spend much time contributing to it myself. I occasionally write blog posts to help other people getting started with free software, show the issues with proprietary software, or just talk about something I find fun and interesting. Pretty much all of my projects can be found on [git.tyil.nl](https://git.tyil.nl), though many of them are also mirrored on other code forges. I can be reached through various means of communication, though all of them usable by completely free means. Scroll down to the **Channels** section for more information about that. ## Contact ### PGP My public PGP key is available [from my own site][pubkey], or from a public key server such as [pgp.mit.edu][pubkey-mit]. The fingerprint is: 1660 F6A2 DFA7 5347 322A 4DC0 7A6A C285 E2D9 8827 You can also fetch my PGP key using the [WebKey Protocol](/post/2020/05/30/setting-up-pgp-wkd/): gpg --locate-key p.spek@tyil.nl [pubkey]: /pubkey.txt [pubkey-mit]: http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x7A6AC285E2D98827 ### Channels #### Email Email contact goes via [p.spek@tyil.nl][mail]. Be sure to at least sign all mail you send me. Even better would be encrypted mail using my [PGP key][pubkey]. I do not read my mailboxes very often, so please do not expect a timely response. If you require a response as soon as possible, please find me on IRC instead. #### IRC I am active on various IRC networks, most often under the nick `tyil`. All of these are connected from the same client, so you can pick any of these if you wish to have a real-time chat with me. - [DareNET](https://darenet.org) - [Libera](https://libera.chat) - [OFTC](https://www.oftc.net/) - [Rizon](https://rizon.net) #### Matrix While I'm not fully convinced of Matrix yet, I have an active account on the network. I'd like to eventually self-host a homeserver, but for that to happen I would first like it to be actually good. For now, you can find me as `@tyil:matrix.org`. ## Other links - [Sourcehut account][git-srht] - [GitLab account][git-gl] - [GitHub account][git-gh] ## RSS If you'd like to stay up-to-date with my posts, you can subscribe to the [RSS feed](/posts/index.xml). [git-gh]: https://github.com/tyil [git-gl]: https://gitlab.com/tyil [git-srht]: https://sr.ht/~tyil/ [mail]: mailto:p.spek@tyil.nl [pubkey]: /pubkey.txt