Aleks Tkach

Father, Programmer, Entrepreneur, Adventurous Fish

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

@MorellatoSimone @jack Great to see more people waking up to privacy and building tools that empower users. Time will reveal the strong, fair players. Switching to apps without central control, where only users hold the keys, is how we push back against unchecked data harvesting.

[Simone Morellato @MorellatoSimone]

@jack @jack Love that you are doubling down on real security + decentralization. At @gospl_chat we’re shipping true E2E, peer-to-peer messaging, no servers, no metadata, and an optional mesh layer for offline hops. Love get your feedback.

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Happy to see the direction communication platforms are taking.
Security comes from protocol design, not programming language.
Bitcoin uses ECDSA for signing and SHA-256 for hashing - neither is designed for messaging confidentiality or forward secrecy.
Without a zero-trust architecture, even encrypted platforms can give users a false sense of privacy.
I hope XChat truly moves beyond the limitations of today’s mainstream players.
Now take a look at https://t.co/MjwEW4Ne8G, built on the GOSPL protocol:
Decentralized or Federated - no central servers, no fallback relays
No data retention - not even metadata. The client is fully responsible
Built-in VPN layer over Peer-to-Peer End-to-End encryption
No phone, email, or ID required - just a randomly generated username and password
Flexible for individuals and enterprises - already used by privacy-focused AI startups and individuals
Early-stage, but already demonstrating real-world resilience
Secure messaging needs a threat model grounded in reality — and that’s exactly how GOSPL is designed use it if needed even for XChat :)

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Sublime editor is showing 0 packets sent to anywhere.

This is where we can write our gospel code...

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Oh how fun it is to realize that your code editors are not quite safe 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄🎄Hey…

I, personally, would like to have full control of the internet traffic of my code editors. I know some of them are good enough and some are evils...

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

When you set a goal to accomplish something in X years, you will get there much faster. Be prepared.

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

If a product is free for you, YOU are the product.

P.S. not 100% of the time. Sometimes in addition to being a product you pay.

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

@therealkglife thought it should fix itself, and it did, when I issued the right command

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

this is happening, isn't it? GPT-4 is down?

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

@derekcollison In progress! :)

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

What makes you so confident using secret chats and stuff when you don’t have control over your private key?

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Not a bad idea? -> do not allow users see other user processes

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

System’s Bible - all components should be appropriate for the target system

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

My friends are brave.

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Shiiiiit… I have to pay to fix a typo in my post… 🤮

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

Fact that you got behind cloudflare doesn’t mean you covered your a<pp>. There are tools that show your real address… unless you took care about it, hopefully. + you’ve exposed all your traffic to <cloudflare_like_or_whatever>…

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

God been always generous to me. Thank you 🙏

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

do - chmod 700 on anything you install

last but not least … start to get familiar with SELinux

[Aleks Tkach @aleks_tkach]

I feel like my grand-grand mother was better at setting up free-BSD than I deal with social networks. Totally unpredictable shtuff…