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143 - Psychopaths and the World Order
09 Dec 2024
00:15:34
Gabriel Custodiet speaks about the role of psychopaths in the structuring of our world.
FIRST EPISODE (Episode 4) → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/Psychopaths
142 - Michael Yon: Information War & Mass Invasion
02 Dec 2024
00:50:40
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Michael Yon, global traveler, former highly skilled war correspondent, and first-hand reporter on mass migration (invasion) of myriad groups of people into the West. They explore the conspiracy of countries such as China to invade the US via unrestricted warfare: flooding the country with drugs, setting up their own banking and police institutions in the US, and leading the charge of cultural degradation.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:40 – What role does the IOM play in migration/invasion of the West 8:00 – Unrestricted Warfare 20:45 – How China influences South and Central America 29:40 – How will all of this play out? 41:50 – Child trafficking 47:50 – Satanism 49:15 – Final thoughts
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
141 - Torchlight - All Your Username Are Belong to Us
30 Nov 2024
00:42:11
Gabriel and Urban discuss the weird world of second-hand username marketplaces, the corrupt underbelly of these markets, Telegram scamming, jailbreaking tractors, and some other bizarre things one can find in the dark (and not-so-dark) parts of the Internet.
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with original cryptographer Paul Rosenberg about the origins of morality, the epic adventures of the cryptographers of Laissez-Faire City, which cryptographic tools governments will attack next, the anti-capitalist sentiments in cryptography, the problems of hierarchy, liberation theology, the problems of intellectual property, and the ethics of gene editing.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Where do morals come from? 4:55 – Prague Hacker’s Conference 12:44 – Stories from Laissez-Faire City 20:30 – What cryptographic tool will the governments go after next 24:40 – When Paul met the guy who invented DNS 26:15 – Anti-capitalist sentiments in cryptography 31:21 – The knowledge problem of centralized systems 36:20 – The laziness of “right to” culture 39:00 – The problem of hierarchic for anarchic Christians 43:50 – Liberation Theology 47:25 – The problem of intellectual property 52:00 – Ethics of CRISPR and gene editing 56:40 – Final thoughts
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
139 - Torchlight - Monerotopia: A Debriefing
22 Nov 2024
00:39:04
Gabriel and Urban discuss the 2024 Monerotopia event: new technologies in Monero, changes we recommend, Starlink and Moneronodo, other privacy crypto, and how the event functioned in an antifragile way.
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Kevin of Altair Tech: a shop in the US that sells home mining equipment, including devices they themselves have created. Altair Tech might be the solution that home miners have been looking for.
PREVIOUS BITCOIN MINING EPISODES (START HERE IF NEW) → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/EconoAlchemistBitcoinMiningPrivacy → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/DiverterNoKYC
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:20 – How Altair Tech solves problems of Bitcoin home mining 7:40 – The Urlacher 11:25 – The Bitaxe 12:45 – Estimates of profits from home miners (check also at 32:22) 14:50 – Highest end models 16:00 – Kevin’s lessons from home mining 20:00 – Choosing a mining pool 22:30 – Privacy while mining 23:45 – Common mistakes 25:00 – Space heater miners 26:08 – The Bitaxe phenomenon 27:50 – Future of home mining 28:30 – Big self-mining operations 30:00 – Shipping time, etc. 32:22 – Estimates of profits from home miners 38:00 – Final thoughts
137 - Deflock: Automated License Plate Readers
16 Nov 2024
00:18:56
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Will Freeman about the prevalence of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and his solution: Deflock, which maps these anti-American tools across the globe.
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Erik Voorhees of Venice AI. They discuss how Venice takes a different approach to the Big Tech AI options: namely, it does not have access to your prompts, and it does not censor them. Along the way they discuss how surveillance and censorship manifests in the paternalistic AI industry, the future of open-source AI models, the IP question of AI, and why regulating AI might have unintended side effects.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 3:27 – Privacy-invasion of Big Tech AI companies 6:50 – How does Venice AI give the user privacy? 9:55 – How long will non-account service last? 10:25 – What does Venice (the city/concept) have to do with anything? 11:40 – How do open-source models work in AI? 16:50 – Phone version of AI (not app store version) 18:05 – Censorship within AI 24:42 – Uncensoring AI makes it faster and better 25:55 – Other uncensored AI companies 27:10 – Making AI “safe” 30:30 – IP question of AI 34:45 – Who owns the creation of AI tools? 35:10 – Any red lines where AI should be “regulated”? 37:20 – Does Venice have any access to our prompts? 38:15 – Venice AI vs self-hosted models 39:40 – Would Venice ever train their own AI model? 40:25 – Final thoughts
135 - Torchlight Chat - The Might of Tor
11 Nov 2024
00:27:21
Gabriel and Urban discuss their recent free course on contributing to Tor. The course can be found at: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/running-a-tor-relay-video-course/
Guest Twitter: https://x.com/realUrbanHacker
Free course on Tor: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/running-a-tor-relay-video-course/
PREVIOUS TOR EPISODES MENTIONED → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/TorPartI → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/TorPartII
134 - Torchlight Chat - Charred Memories: Becoming Your Own Internet Archive
06 Nov 2024
00:40:05
Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent cyberattack against The Internet Archive, details about how the company and its services function, and some thoughts about how we can start backing up the Internet ourselves.
132 - Boats, Gold, and The Great Taking with Parallel Mike
28 Oct 2024
00:48:54
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mike of Parallel Systems about the benefits of owning your own boat, of living in Poland to prepare for economic collapse, and of owning strategic denominations and versions of gold and silver. Mike also explains The Great Taking and his contrarian take on Javier Milei.
GUEST → https://parallelmike.com/ → https://parallelsystems.substack.com/ → https://rumble.com/ParallelSystems → Podcast: Parallel Mike Podcast → Coins of the realm episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUy08kMhCQ
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:24 – Father is a well-known British gangster 8:10 – Why is Poland the place to await economic collapse? 13:20 – How to own a boat 20:52 – The Great Taking 26:22 – Reading list: the corrupt monetary system 30:03 – Recommendations for gold and silver 40:04 – Is Javier Milei anti-establishment? 45:10 – Final thoughts
Bitcoin Self-Sovereignty Course
25 Oct 2024
00:23:18
Bitcoin Self-Sovereignty Course now available at https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/bitcoin-self-sovereignty/
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Shane/Rayo2 of the Vonu Podcast. They discuss a variety of topics regarding becoming invulnerable to coercion and escaping the servile society. Such strategies include unjobbing, living in a van or a shipping container, escaping to Mexico, and developing a homestead. Gabriel gets Shane’s thoughts on the recent 3D printed gun drama, Samourai Wallet, and self-sufficiency. His show is the Vonu Podcast.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:37 – What is Vonu? 5:23 – Unjobbing 9:30 – Living in a Van 12:40 – Police interactions 15:05 – Mexico an anarchist paradise? 18:30 – Living in a shipping container 20:05 – Thoughts on 3D printed gun drama 22:25 – Shane’s views on Samourai Wallet 25:10 – Developing a homestead and producing one’s own food 29:35 – Other important aspects of self-sufficiency 32:00 – What is P.A.Z.NIA? 36:20 – How to organize anarchists? 39:15 – Final thoughts
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129 - Former Blackwater Mercenary
14 Oct 2024
00:56:28
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Morgan Lerette, a former mercenary with the private military company Blackwater in Iraq. They discuss the mechanics and geopolitics of PMCs.
GUEST → https://x.com/BlackwaterDude1 (Morgan Lerette on Twitter) → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7P83DL6 (Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq)
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – How do people react to your former occupation? 3:00 – Fallujah 3:50 – Relation to higher-ups at Blackwater 5:50 – Blackwater enticements 8:00 – Blackwater world-class facilities 11:12 – Diplomatic immunity 16:25 – Any personal consequences of being a mercenary? 17:30 – Do PMC employees have to be of the same country of origin as the company? 20:10 – Lerette’s big picture views of PMCs as their role in the world 23:50 – Rapid Fire 25:00 – High suicide rates for mercenaries 25:55 – Utopian view of PMC proponents 29:10 – Mistaken reasons to be in Iraq and Afghanistan; culture ignorance 33:40 – Origins of human violence 38:00 – Equipment as a mercenary 42:10 – How to run your own PMC 44:00 – Getting mind ready for daily conflict 46:05 – Mercenaries vs traditional military 50:00 – Reflections from military intelligence 54:00 – Final thoughts
128 - Learning PGP and Public-Key Cryptography
10 Oct 2024
00:52:37
Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Origins of encryption 5:10 – Ways we use PGP without knowing 8:50 – Why should someone get into PGP? 11:05 – Using PGP for authentication 17:50 – How can people start making use of PGP? 22:10 – Do we really need PGP today? 27:10 – How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail 31:52 – Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail 37:45 – How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level 48:20 – Final thoughts
127 - Torchlight Chat - The Handheld Death Comms of Beirut
03 Oct 2024
00:40:17
Discussion of the Lebanon and Syria pager explosions of September 2024.
In this Torchlight Chat Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent released of a Samourai Wallet fork, Ashigaru Wallet: and what steps it takes to vet this kind of software.
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary Barry Reid of Paper Trip fame. They discuss Barry Reid’s latest Paper Trip (Paper Trip 5) about setting up a DBA to have a convenient business identity to become an independent contractor with separation from one’s personal identity.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:40 – Origins of Paper Trip in Vietnam War 8:40 – Were the hippies really anti-establishment? 11:05 – How did the original Paper Trip work? 12:45 – Name change has always been acceptable in common law tradition 14:55 – What does “defrauding” mean? 18:10 – What is the REAL ID Act? 20:45 – Which Paper Trips should one buy? 22:20 – What is a DBA? 26:30 – How to remember your new name 27:50 – Picking Barry’s brain about IDs without one’s birth name 31:50 – Do you do consulting? (No) 32:30 – Barry’s underlying philosophy 35:00 – Existentialism question 38:00 – Final thoughts
123 - The Linux Experiment Part 2
16 Sep 2024
01:01:40
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nick of the YouTube channel The Linux Experiment. They discuss a variety of Linux topics: Apple compatibility, the “problem” with Linux packages, choosing hardware best optimized for Linux, Wayland, Linux kernel “bloat,” criticism of Mozilla, Arch Linux, and how to game on Linux computers.
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:40 – Where is Microsoft headed? 4:55 – Apple computers vs Linux 8:40 – The “Problem” with Linux packages (downloading programs) 14:05 – Flatpak “not verified” 17:30 – Scenario: finding the best version of a program such as a crypto wallet 19:55 – Going beyond Linux Mint 23:20 – Choosing best hardware for driver compatibility 27:50 – Problems with Linux-specific laptop companies 31:10 – Linux kernel has increased by 2700x lines of code since inception 33:35 – What is Wayland? 38:50 – Thoughts on Mozilla? 44:20 – Thoughts on tablets 47:20 – Gauging France’s temperature on FOSS, privacy, etc. 51:45 – Nick’s audience’s preferred distro (Arch Linux) 54:00 – Linux gaming 101 59:10 – Final thoughts
122 - Torchlight Chat 2: Telegram - The World's Best Not-a-Private-Messenger
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:55 – Joel Skousen’s consulting 3:40 – What’s the most basic way to get a high security shelter? 6:00 – How to determine if your property can handle a basement 6:50 – Most elaborate shelters Joel has designed 9:00 – How difficult is it to dig out a new basement? 10:10 – Non-basement shelters 12:55 – Shelters outside the USA 14:40 – How to build a shelter without anyone knowing 18:55 – Secret compartments in vehicles 19:20 – Best secure home techniques 23:30 – South Africa stories 25:10 – Famous compounds (Putin and Zuckerberg) 28:00 – Fighting vs. fleeing 30:35 – Strategic relocation: common mistakes 33:55 – Security systems: privacy concerns 36:30 – 100% chance of nuclear strike in USA in next 10 years 42:26 – Final thoughts
120 - Torchlight Chat 1: Remote Killer Robot with AI Facial Recognition Used in Assassination
06 Sep 2024
00:38:10
Torchlight Chat 1 with Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hernandez – discussing the bizarre assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:27 – The Third Party Doctrine 5:00 – Types of postal boxes and secondary addresses 9:15 – Insider info from the US mailing industry 12:20 – What is PrivacyPost.io 16:30 – What is a registered agent? 19:18 – Becoming a South Dakota nomad resident 23:30 – Using PrivacyPost to get nomad residency 26:20 – Does registering to vote sign you up for jury duty? 28:35 – Voting as a South Dakota nomad resident 29:40 – Car insurance as a South Dakota nomad resident 31:49 – Final thoughts on South Dakota 33:45 – WorldPost.io (new service) 38:50 – Portugal as entry to EU 42:55 – Using an EIN (TIN) in place of an SSN 44:10 – Corporate Transparency Act 46:30 – Final thoughts
118 - Techno-Nationalist China
26 Aug 2024
00:58:55
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Roger Huang about the past and present of China’s technological control over its people. His book is Would Mao Buy Bitcoin?
GUEST LINKS → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/ → https://x.com/Rogerh1991 → Nostr: loki@verified-nostr.com → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/?p=126 (A Comprehensive Guide to e-CNY/Digital Yuan)
Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:10 – Who is Roger Huang? 4:00 – Cultural Revolution and build-up to present China 13:25 – Is China a Socialist/Communist state? 19:17 – Understanding China’s currency situation 25:20 – How do visitors to China use Chinese currency? 29:10 – Is it okay for successful Chinese to leave China? 35:45 – Social credit score? 42:15 – Hukou system in China 45:55 – Chinese Bitcoiners vs Western Bitcoiners 56:25 – Final thoughts
117 - Torchlight Chat 0: The Hidden World of Shadow Libraries
21 Aug 2024
00:35:50
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the morality and usefulness of torrenting.
TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 2:18 – Are libertarians politically correct about Third World countries? 4:30 – Biggest reservation about Bhandari’s ideas 10:18 – Megacities 15:50 – Sweatshops 21:05 – Indian CEOs in American tech companies 26:30 – What does the structure of the Hindi language say about Indians? 32:15 – Should Indians stop building bridges and roads? 39:48 – Rapid Fire Questions 41:10 – Jayant’s day spent with the nephew of Robert Mugabe 45:20 – Argentina 25 years from now 46:40 – El Salvador 48:00 – Japan as a non-immigration, non-refugee country 52:30 – Update on Jayant’s cancellation
#JayantBhandari #India #WatchmanPrivacy
115 - Privacy and Utopia: A History
06 Aug 2024
00:24:24
Gabriel Custodiet introduces and reads excerpts from his latest book: Privacy and Utopia: A History.
Purchase Privacy and Utopia: A History → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/digitalmarket/ (e-book) →https://www.amazon.com/Privacy-Utopia-History-Gabriel-Custodiet/dp/B0D9D4XTYB (physical copy)
(Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio)
114 - Data Sovereignty and Backups
30 Jul 2024
00:37:22
Episode 114 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Data Sovereignty and Backups
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the importance of offline backups along with ten tips on creating and protecting them in the best way possible.
WATCHMAN PRIVACY → (NEW PRODUCT) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/underground-backup-kit/ → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/
TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 1:30 – Why back up? 5:10 – Tip 1: Organization is key 9:00 – Tip 2: Use encryption 12:40 – Tip 3: Redundancy 14:35 – Tip 4: Practice and rotation 17:18 – Tip 5: Self-hosting 20:20 – Tip 6: Find a good hiding place 24:50 – Tip 7: All of this applies (and then some) for seed phrases 27:30 – Tip 8: Expensive seed phrase backups are not necessarily the solution 30:30 – Tip 9: Stealth backups 33:40 – Tip 10: Protect against seed phrase theft
#Backups #WatchmanPrivacy #EscapeTheTechnocracy
113 - Joe Doran: Simply Men
23 Jul 2024
00:43:01
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Joe Doran of Trends Journal. They discuss the origins of Trends Journal and Gerald Celente, the basics of The Technocracy, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the questions about it that too few people are asking, and how AI will erase pseudonymity from the Internet.
TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 3:35 – Origins of Trends Journal 8:56 – What is “The Technocracy”? 10:25 – Resources 11:25 – Joe’s basic overview of AI 15:35 – The wrong questions about artificial intelligence 19:35 – Joe’s observations speaking with AI 21:35 – “The comprehensive hijacking of human information” 27:50 – Would a self-aware AI be libertarian? 35:40 – Joe’s view of where AI is going 37:30 – AI will erase pseudonymity from the Internet 40:40 – Final thoughts
#TrendsJournal #JoeDoran #ArtificialIntelligence
112 - Vehicle Privacy Part 2: Andrea Amico
16 Jul 2024
00:50:01
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Andrea Amico about the disturbing telematics of recent vehicles, including always-on microphones and invisible cameras that detect your emotions while driving: all of which have the ability to transmit data back to car manufacturers and other third parties.
TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 1:30 – Privacy4Cars app privacy concerns? 6:30 – Vehicle telematics 14:55 – Microphones built into cars 18:00 – Can your car detect your emotions 22:05 – Does Privacy4Cars remove telematics data? 25:30 – Disabling telematics 27:40 – Using phones with cars 30:45 – GrapheneOS 31:40 – BERLA 34:10 – OBD-II Port 37:00 – Car data breaches 39:45 – Any car companies that collect less? 43:00 – Other solutions
#Privacy4Cars #AndreaAmico #WatchmanPrivacy
111 - Monero Next Steps: Seth for Privacy
08 Jul 2024
01:19:31
Gabriel speaks with Seth for Privacy about Monero tactics that go beyond the basics.
TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 1:45 – Seth’s background 11:20 – Future of Opt Out podcast 13:30 – Uptick in Monero users 17:15 – Best news in Monero 20:55 – Acquiring no-KYC monero 25:45 – Problems with centralized swap services 31:20 – How important is running your own node in Monero? 39:40 – Monero node on Umbrel 42:10 – Coin control in Monero 52:05 – Using Tor with Monero 56:00 – Traffic fingerprinting 1:02:35 – Spam attacks on Monero 1:10:05 – Shutting down of Monero services 1:17:58 – Final thoughts
#Monero #SethforPrivacy #WatchmanPrivacy
110 - Using a KYC Crypto Exchange Might Get You Tortured
03 Jul 2024
00:38:50
Gabriel and Urban Hacker unpack a recent article by Wired on a crypto theft and torture spree.
109 - MyDataRemoval: Opt Out of People Search Websites
17 Jun 2024
00:42:36
Gabriel speaks with James Wilson of MyDataRemoval for a second time. They do a live test of how much information James can find on a person, and then discuss the disturbing nature and extent of people search websites, data brokers, and breach databases.
TIMELINE 0:00 – Introduction 1:25 – Live test of people search database info 6:20 – How the data is used against you 8:10 – Self-replication of people search websites 12:10 – Additional danger of breach databases 15:30 – A crazy story 18:40 – Should non-Americans be concerned? 19:40 – Is this a “national security” risk? 23:20 – Where do our basic pieces of information exposure come from? 24:00 – PayPal is as bad as you think it is 25:25 – What is HaveIBeenPwned? 27:05 – What is the future of people search websites? 29:50 – Voter data is public? 30:30 – Bogus data as a strategy 32:40 – Basic info of MyDataRemoval.com
108 - Post-Samourai Wallet: Max Tannahill & Diverter_NoKYC
10 Jun 2024
01:08:11
Gabriel speaks with Samourai Wallet insiders Max Tannahill and Diverter_NoKYC. They give an update on the Samourai Wallet arrest and its absurdity. They also discuss the post-arrest chilling effect, the compliance mindset that defines the current Bitcoin scene, and what the future of Bitcoin privacy is.
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 4:40 – Samourai Wallet update (June 10, 2024) 7:50 – Absurdity of allegations 13:00 – Observations about “Bitcoin community” reactions to SW arrest 20:40 – Preemptive shutdowns of Bitcoin and Monero services 24:05 – The Compliance Mindset 36:50 – The future of Bitcoin privacy 45:40 – Update on Bitcoin mining 48:15 – Max’s current Bitcoin tools 50:40 – Roman Sterligov and Bitcoin Fog 59:30 – Big topics in Bitcoin at the moment
#SamouraiWallet #BitcoinPrivacy #WatchmanPrivacy
107 - MySudo: VoIP with Privacy Focus
07 Jun 2024
00:54:58
Gabriel speaks with Paul Ashley of Anonyome Labs: creators of the VoIP service MySudo. The service is essential for privacy users: it allows you to have up to nine legitimate phone numbers organized in a handy app that is zero-knowledge encrypted.
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:00 – Phone privacy realism 2:50 – Available countries for MySudo 5:55 – Is VoIP the future of telephony? 9:16 – Is KYC coming for VoIP? 11:20 – Porting phone numbers to MySudo 12:10 – What info required to sign up for service? 13:30 – How to pay privately for MySudo (special instructions for GrapheneOS) 17:05 – What would MySudo give over with a search warrant? 18:10 – Where is data from MySudo stored? 22:10 – MySudo for PC 25:25 – Would KYC mandate affect current users? 26:25 – MySudo greatly reduces SIM swap risk 27:14 – You MUST back up your MySudo account 32:00 – Technical errors while using MySudo (VPN use) 36:45 – What can customer service see about us? 38:40 – Fewer robocalls with MySudo 39:13 – Email also baked into MySudo: sudomail 42:50 – Virtual credit cards 49:00 – MySudo browser 50:24 – Final thoughts
#MySudo #GrapheneOS #WatchmanPrivacy
106 - Simplex Chat Private Messenger
05 Jun 2024
00:58:32
Gabriel speaks with Evgeny, the founder of Simplex Chat. Simplex is a recent and still-developing private messaging app with a slant toward privacy over convenience. Evgeny gives his critical thoughts on other private messengers, explains how privacy software can fund itself, exposes the myth of disappearing messages, and gets into some of the finer details of how Simplex Chat has made different choices from its competitors. In particular Simplex gets rid of accounts altogether, allowing you to create as many “profiles” as you want that are localized to your device. The result is, as Evgeny says, Simplex knows nothing about its users.
Timeline 0:00 - Introduction 1:23 – Do funding sources influence projects like Simplex? 9:45 – Evgeny’s thoughts on other private messaging apps 17:00 – Simplex Chat gets rid of the very idea of an account 20:00 – What does Simplex know about its users? 24:25 – Can we replicate Simplex profiles on other devices? 29:38 – Disappearing messages are security theater 34:00 – Why didn’t Simplex take the code base of Signal and build from it? 40:00 – Problems with UI and path forward 49:25 – Beginner tutorial for Simplex 52:50 – How can you fund a private messaging app? 56:35 – Final Thoughts
#SimplexChat #PrivateMessaging #WatchmanPrivacy
105 - How to Secure Your WordPress Website
30 May 2024
00:27:36
Tips for securing the popular FOSS website builder and service: WordPress. With Urban Hacker.
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the infamous XZ backdoor incident by which a key piece of software in the Linux kernel was nearly hijacked. The attacker spent four years slowly ingratiating himself into the small community, which had been selected precisely because it consisted of a single burned-out developer. Follow us as we unravel this bizarre and disturbing story of premeditated digital attack and what it means for free and open-source software and our own cybersecurity.
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 2:25 – What is XZ Utils? 4:17 – How does GitHub work? 15:15 – Summary of XZ Utils backdoor incident 18:00 – Social engineering 21:00 – Technical implementation of the backdoor attack 28:00 – Potential consequences of this attempted attack 30:10 – How was it found? 33:00 – Does this expose a major weakness of FOSS? 38:25 – Similar supply chain cyber attacks 43:00 – Final thoughts
#XZBackDoor #UrbanHacker #WatchmanPrivacy
103 - Jessica Solce: No Control
18 May 2024
00:41:40
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Jessica Solce, a rising documentary-maker. They discuss her first documentary, No Control, on 3D printed guns and Cody Wilson. They then discuss her upcoming documentary on El Salvador and Nayib Bukele, and finally some thoughts on the documentary industry.
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 2:45 – No Control neutrality a mistake? 5:40 – What is Project Liberator? 7:24 – FFL license trolling 8:35 – NRA says 3D printed guns “anathema to guns” 10:00 – What is the neurosis that gun control people suffer from? 14:02 – What happens if you fail a federal gun background check? 15:02 – Weird state gun laws 16:08 – 3D printed guns internationally 19:15 – The problem of bullets 20:10 – Jessica’s interest in El Salvador 24:45 – Connection to Bitcoin? 28:05 – Vibe of El Salvador today 31:00 – Other thoughts on El Salvador 32:30 – Documentaries Jessica admires 40:50 – Final thoughts
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a fourth time with cultural analyst and philosopher Jayant Bhandari. Topics include magical thinking, civilization, Christianity in the Third World, and a tour of the world continent by continent.
Guest Links → https://jayantbhandari.com (Use Chrome/Brave if Firefox not working) → https://twitter.com/JayantBhandari5 → https://capitalismandmorality.com/ (as soon as May 25, 2024 in Calgary, Canada) → https://www.youtube.com/@CapitalismAndMorality
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:38 – Influence of Ayn Rand 3:22 – What is magical thinking? 8:48 – Is the West really the only civilization...ever? 13:25 – What is Christianity in the Third World? 25:30 – Bhopal disaster 31:12 – Indian practice of sati 37:10 – Thoughts on VS Naipaul 39:40 – Indian hospital stories 42:20 – Stereotype that East Asians are not innovative 48:00 – China story 55:12 – What was the Arab Spring really about? 57:40 – Rapid Fire 59:30 – Thoughts on Africa 1:01:50 – Zimbabwe police story 1:02:35 – Witch doctors in Africa 1:05:00 – Update on the PIGS countries 1:07:00 – Jayant’s blueprint for colonization 1:08:00 – Final thoughts
#JayantBhandari #India #WatchmanPrivacy
101 - Samourai Wallet Arrested
10 May 2024
00:58:46
Gabriel Custodiet discusses alongside BitcoinQnA and Seth for Privacy the details surrounding the arrest of the Samourai Wallet developers. They then look at how we can protect our own Samourai Wallets in light of various seizures. They conclude by looking at the future of financial privacy.
0:00 – Introduction 5:15 – Summary of allegations against Samourai Wallet 18:30 – Couldn’t any Bitcoin wallet be an “unlicensed money transmission business”? 22:00 – Unclear language of DoJ statement 27:24 – Any good things that can come out of trial? 31:40 – How to support Samourai and TdevD 32:45 – What should Samourai Wallet users do? 42:21 – The future of Samourai Wallet’s code and technologies 46:00 – Alternatives to Samourai Wallet 51:32 – The bigger picture 56:50 – Final thoughts
#SamouraiWallet #FreeSamourai #WatchmanPrivacy
100 - IVPN: Finding Truth about VPNs in a Sellout Industry
15 Mar 2024
01:06:54
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Viktor Viksei about the problems of the VPN industry, about how VPNs work, and about one of the few non-sellouts to privacy: IVPN.
First episode with Viktor (Episode 39): https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/UncomfortableTruthsAboutVPNIndustry:5
Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:47 – The problem with free VPNs 4:30 – Your VPN won’t go to jail for you for $5 6:50 – How bad are the fake VPN review websites? 10:45 – VPN Industry consolidation 15:45 – Most important aspects of a VPN 18:19 – Has IVPN been targeted by VPN juggernauts? 21:54 – Any trends in VPNs that IVPN is focused on 25:24 – What is happening at the ground level of a VPN server 28:35 – How would a 3-letter agency track a VPN user? 34:00 – How can VPN companies mitigate 3-letter agency tracking? 39:08 – How can we test if a VPN is working? 41:10 – WireGuard vs OpenVPN 44:50 – Is random-generated username and no password of IVPN and Mullvad a problem? 46:35 – Anti-Tracker of IVPN 49:30 – Why does torrenting on US VPN servers matter? 52:38 – Removal of killswitch due to Apple problems 55:56 – V2Ray: what does it do for us? 59:22 – VPN discrimination solutions 1:05:00 – Final thoughts
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99 - Jack Rhysider from Darknet Diaries
12 Feb 2024
00:59:36
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jack Rhysider, host of the fabulous Darknet Diaries podcast. They go behind the scenes of Jack’s work routine and aesthetic views. Jack shares the commonalities of his guests, details of his inner drive, his operational security, and his view of the future of cybersecurity.
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Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 3:52 – How did Jack Rhysider distinguish Darknet Diaries from other shows? 5:45 – Inflection point of Darknet Diaries 7:38 – Jack’s perfectionism with podcasting 9:05 – How Jack organizes his narrative note-taking 11:16 – Promotion secrets of Darknet Diaries 13:45 – Jack’s work routine 15:33 – Getting the most out of guests 17:08 – Visual style of Darknet Diaries 20:19 – Rapid fire questions 27:12 – Weirdest way Jack found a guest 29:12 – What do all of his guests have in common 31:55 – How may guests requests does Jack get these days 34:18 – Jack’s other favorite hacker stories 36:01 – Jack’s operational security 40:23 – How does Jack communicate with guests 41:32 – Has anyone come after Jack Rhysider? 44:04 – Jack’s biggest failure with Darknet Diaries 45:14 – Dealing with guests’ terrible microphones 46:41 – How much does Jack cut form episodes? 47:55 – How much does Jack care about Bitcoin and Monero? 49:55 – Jack’s recent move to monthly release: impact on show 51:14 – What’s the solution for protecting logins? 56:07 – Fears of the future of technology 58:40 – Final thoughts