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 3title: about
 4subtitle: Stuff about me, and stuff.
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 6
 7## Hi.
 8
 9I'm Anirudh, but you'll often find me as **icyphox** (or just **icy**),
10on the Internet. I'm majoring in Computer Science currently. My primary
11interest is security -- with a focus on influence operations,
12information warfare and state-sponsored actors. I write code on the
13occasion, most of which you can find on my
14[GitHub](https://github.com/icyphox). I currently work for
15[CometChat](https://www.cometchat.com).
16
17I care about software freedom and digital privacy, and I am a staunch
18advocate of the same. I try to use free alternatives to software, if
19they exist.
20
21My taste in music is very specific, and I hardly ever experiment. I like
22to stick to subgenres of metal, specifically -- metalcore and deathcore.
23
24Here are some of my links:
25
26- [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs/u/icy)
27- [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Icyphox)
28- [Reddit](https://reddit.com/u/icyphox)
29- [Steam](https://steamcommunity.com/id/icyphox)
30- [Last.fm](https://last.fm/user/icyphox)
31- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/icyphox)
32
33Note that my Twitter is now read-only. I'm more active on the fediverse:
34https://toot.icyphox.sh/@x
35
36
37## Contact
38
39Send mail to [x@icyphox.sh](mailto:x@icyphox.sh). Should you need it, my
40PGP key: [FE1B 8FCF E6C1 6222 F157 1C8E 8A93 F96F 78C5
41D4C4](/static/gpg.txt). I'm also on IRC @ Freenode and Rizon, usually as
42`icy` / `icyphox`.
43
44If you're interested in **hiring me** -- here's my
45[résumé](https://x.icyphox.sh/resume.pdf).
46
47## Donate
48
49I have [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/icyphox) and
50[Patreon](https://patreon.com/icyphox)! I don't particularly _need_ it,
51but it does help with domain and server costs. :)
52
53## This website
54
55This site is built using a small static site generator written by me:
56[vite](https://github.com/icyphox/vite). The source for this website is
57[here](https://github.com/icyphox/site). Served from my Raspberry Pi 4B,
58sitting at home!
59
60The spinner icon at the bottom? That's the [XXIIVV
61webring](https://webring.xxiivv.com), and this site is on it!
62
63I don't really care about site traffic/analytics, and I never will; 
64I am not interested in who is reading and I respect your privacy.
65
66All the content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons
67Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
68([BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)). The
69source for this site is licensed under
70[MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).