about korakophilos

I am korakophilos. Welcome to my tiny little corner of the web.

I have been drawn to hacker culture since stumbling across copies of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly in a bookstore as a teenager in the mid-1990s. That discovery opened a lifelong fascination with phones, phone phreaking history, hacking, and the communities that treat technology as something to explore, question, and reshape.

I like to describe myself as an eternal noob. Curiosity has always mattered more than credentials, and questioning authority has always mattered more than chasing prestige. To me, hacking is not a job description. It is an orientation toward the world: to learn, to tinker, and to refuse to accept the systems of power at face value.

Some of my interests include hacker ethics, free and open-source software, telephony, locksport, digital privacy, and the social dimensions of technology. I love technology while rejecting the forces that distort it: tech bro culture, surveillance capitalism, and extractive tech industry practices.

In particular, I tend to be outspoken about the harms of generative AI. Beyond the hype, I see a system built on exploitative data practices, energy-intensive computation, and an economic model that concentrates power while undermining creative labor. This perspective is shaped by a conviction that technology should serve people and communities, not corporations, capital, and authoritarian governments.

As an autistic person living with other disabilities as well, I am unable to work full time, however I remain open to part-time freelance and contract opportunities that align with my values and that recognize technology should serve people, not corporations.

I plan on continuing to learn, experiment, and connect with others who believe hacking is about more than disruption. It is about imagination, autonomy, and building a culture where knowledge is shared and authority is questioned.