Krishna Agarwal
I'm a security researcher. I break into things for a living, legally.
I run Principle Breach, where I'm building Fission, an autonomous AI security researcher.
I write about what I find, and sometimes about philosophy. I live in Gwalior, India.
Start with the writing or the about page. To reach me, email is best.
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Dictator of life
Most of us govern ourselves by referendum, asking fear and comfort for permission before we move. An essay on replacing that parliament with one quieter ruler.3 min readnon-technical, philosophyThe superposition of thoughts
Before a thought becomes a decision, it exists in every possible form at once. An essay on what happens in the mind before it collapses into one.7 min readnon-technical, philosophyThe war inside you
The mind is at war with itself, and both Vedanta and the Stoics said so long before psychology did. An essay on fighting that war on purpose.8 min readnon-technical, philosophyThe decay of civilizations: a meditation on our present course
Civilizations decay along an old pattern. An essay on where I think we are in it, from the erosion of critical thinking to the worship of ignorance.10 min readnon-technical, philosophyPwning infrastructure via file protocol
A support ticket feature took a download_url parameter and did not filter file://. It read /opt/app/config.php, which held more than 99 secrets in plaintext.8 min readbug bounty, technical





