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85 - Bitcoin Privacy Reignited with BitcoinQnA

The Watchman Privacy Podcast

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Bitcoin privacy expert BitcoinQnA. This semi-advanced conversation (start with earlier episodes with QnA for beginner info) covers many topics pertaining to the nature of Bitcoin and strategies for making it more private. They cover the recent blockchain clog with ordinals and how to get around it, fulcrum servers, Nostr, getting started with the Lightning Network, using derivation paths, Bitcoin ATMs, JoinMarket, coin control, mixing to hardware wallets, and updates on Foundation Devices.   Previous Episodes with BitcoinQnA → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNUKkrG_9A   Guest Links → https://bitcoiner.guide  → https://twitter.com/BitcoinQ_A  → https://foundationdevices.com  → https://freedom.tech/    Resources Mentioned → https://www.sparrowwallet.com  → https://phoenix.acinq.co/ (Phoenix Wallet) → https://lightningprivacy.com/en/introduction  → https://azte.co/ (buy only in person) → https://samouraiwallet.com/  → https://ronindojo.io/   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy   Timeline   0:00 – Introduction 2:04 – Updates on attacks to sovereign and private Bitcoin (FINCEN prposal) 11:50 – Blockchain clog recently with ordinals 20:35 – Fulcrum server introduction 24:11 – What is an Electrum server? 27:48 – Nostr  31:00 – Getting started with Lightning Network correctly 35:45 – Using accounts/derivation paths instead of multiple seed phrases 41:28 – How does KYC harm everyone? 45:45 – How would you track someone who pays you in bitcoin? 49:21 – Update on Bitcoin ATMs 50:36 – Azteco  53:15 – Other options for coinjoining: JoinMarket 56:06 – Is a wallet that has touched a public Electrum server forever burned? 57:57 – UTXO sizes and coin control 1:05:45 – Mix to hardware wallet 1:10:00 – Updates on Foundation Devices 1:15:40 – Final thoughts  #WatchmanPrivacy #BitcoinPrivacy #BitcoinQnA  #Bitcoin

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84 - Jayant Bhandari: Midnight’s Children

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a third time with the cultural philosopher Jayant Bhandari. They continue previous threads about what reason and honor are and how they manifested exclusively in the West. They talk about Indian Independence in 1947, the threat of BRICS to the West, how Hinduism is a modern Western construct, whether the Hippocratic Oath exists in India, why Indians stockpile gold, and what book most influenced Bhandari. Listen and learn.   Previous Episodes with Jayant Bhandari → Episode 46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4E6387__U → Episode 77: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OgtTHzE_sk  Guest Links → https://jayantbhandari.com (Use Chrome/Brave if Firefox not working) → https://twitter.com/JayantBhandari5 → https://www.youtube.com/@CapitalismAndMorality   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy   Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Guns, Germs, and Steel: are Western ideas a coincidence? 7:26 – What is reason? 14:48 – What is honor and why is it only a Western phenomenon? 18:52 – Examples of Western degradation 24:37 – Jayant: are you really a libertarian? 28:05 – BRICS a threat to the West? 32:45 – Trump trade war with China: good or bad? 35:05 – Hinduism didn’t exist until 100 years ago? 39:25 – What was 1947 Indian Independence like? 45:18 – Does the Hippocratic Oath exists in India? 48:10 – Why do Indians have so much gold? 51:14 – Who are the Untouchables of the caste system? 54:08 – Fake rape cases in India 1:00:45 – Rapid Fire Questions 1:09:00 – Should Hong Kong allow itself to be enveloped by China? 1:11:25 – Getting currency converted on the street 1:12:37 – Final thoughts    

83 - 3D Printed Guns and Death Athletic

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jessica Solce, the director of Death Athletic, a documentary on 3D Gun printing and specifically on Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed. They discuss the erosion of the 2nd Amendment, the landscape of 3D gun printing, debanking, and other topics.  Guest Links → DONATE: https://www.deathathletic.com/contact → https://www.deathathletic.com → https://twitter.com/jessicasolce → https://www.encodeproductions.com (Solce's production company) Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2 Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 3:04 – 2nd Amendment is eroding 7:10 – What are the regulated parts of a gun? 9:51– Must one register a self-made gun? 11:28 – Background of Cody Wilson 16:45 – Other players in the self-made gun movement 20:41 – Current status of files uploaded by Cody Wilson 22:35 – How could gun files possibly be regulated? 26:20 – DEFCad  29:20 – Debanking and cancellation for Defense Distributed 36:30 – Supporting Cody Wilson 37:27 – Cody Wilson under surveillance 39:30 – Samourai Wallet contributed to this film 41:02 – Difficulties of making a documentary 44:20 – Final thoughts  #WatchmanPrivacy #CodyWilson #DeathAthletic #3DPrintedGuns

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82 - Yaron Brook: Learning from Ayn Rand

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Yaron Brook, philosopher of freedom, author, podcast host, and Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute. Using the ideas of Ayn Rand, they explore what reason and freedom mean and how to live while pursuing rational self-interest. They also discuss intellectual property, anarchy and the allure of collectivism.  Guest Links → https://yaronbrookshow.com/ → https://twitter.com/yaronbrook  → https://www.youtube.com/yaronbrook → https://www.amazon.com/stores/Yaron-Brook/author/B007UU9UJ0   → https://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-Centennial-HC-Ayn-Rand/dp/0452286751 Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2 Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! → https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy  →https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:27 – What is rational self-interest, Ayn Rand’s most foundational idea? 4:52 – Modern people have no excuse not to be rational 7:20 – What is reason? 8:40 – Bad people: using reason incorrectly or not at all? 13:50 – Why is collectivism so alluring? 18:12 – Do rational people have the same ethics? 21:15 – Examples of irrationality in current world events 27:23 – Big Tech is an overall benefit 30:55 – Would a Randian hero ever be a politician? 32:50 – Rand’s problem with anarchy? Is there a way to limit government? 38:48 – Optimism of Objectivism 40:32 – Intellectual property: how far does it go? 46:05 – Do Rand protagonists have empathy? 50:25 – How would a rationally self-interested person go about their day?  #WatchmanPrivacy #AynRand #YaronBrook #PrivateProperty

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53 - Jitsi: Privacy-Focused Conference Software

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Emil Ivov and Saúl Ibarra Corretgé of the Jitsi project. Jitsi is an open-sourced privacy-focused video conferencing software. It requires no registration and can work within a browser. This episode explores Jitsi’s end-to-end encryption in depth, ways to make Jitsi Meet even more private, what Jitsi knows about its users, and some background about this fantastic project.   Guest Links → https://meet.jit.si → https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet → https://jitsi.org/security (Encryption blog) → https://twitter.com/jitsinews → https://twitter.com/emilivov (Emil Ivov) → https://twitter.com/saghul (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef-5J9eiVgQ (Origins of Jitsi: 20 years in making)   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses (supports the show) → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!   Timeline 0:00 – Introduction 1:14 – Snapshot of Jitsi Meet 2:19 – How is Jitsi Meet free? 4:51 – Different versions of Jitsi 6:47 – End-to-end encryption 22:42 – What does Jitsi know about its users? 25:40 – How to lock down Jitsi Meet further 29:47 – Gabriel walks through his use of Jitsi Meet 32:36 – Dangers of URL as invitation link 36:20 – Where are Jitsi’s recordings stored? 40:14 – Fear of screen sharing 45:49 – Origins of Jitsi 55:14 - What is next for Jitsi and VOIP?

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Bitcoin privacy expert BitcoinQnA. This semi-advanced conversation (start with earlier episodes with QnA for beginner info) covers many topics pertaining to the nature of Bitcoin and strategies for making it more private. They cover the recent blockchain clog with ordinals and how to get around it, fulcrum servers, Nostr, getting started with the Lightning Network, using derivation paths, Bitcoin ATMs, JoinMarket, coin control, mixing to hardware wallets, and update

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a third time with the cultural philosopher Jayant Bhandari. They continue previous threads about what reason and honor are and how they manifested exclusively in the West. They talk about Indian Independence in 1947, the threat of BRICS to the West, how Hinduism is a modern Western construct, whether the Hippocratic Oath exists in India, why Indians stockpile gold, and what book most influenced Bhandari. Listen and learn.   Previous Episodes with Jayant Bhandari → Ep

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jessica Solce, the director of Death Athletic, a documentary on 3D Gun printing and specifically on Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed. They discuss the erosion of the 2nd Amendment, the landscape of 3D gun printing, debanking, and other topics.  Guest Links → DONATE: https://www.deathathletic.com/contact → https://www.deathathletic.com → https://twitter.com/jessicasolce → https://www.encodeproductions.com (Solce's production company) Watchman Privacy → https://wat

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Yaron Brook, philosopher of freedom, author, podcast host, and Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute. Using the ideas of Ayn Rand, they explore what reason and freedom mean and how to live while pursuing rational self-interest. They also discuss intellectual property, anarchy and the allure of collectivism.  Guest Links → https://yaronbrookshow.com/ → https://twitter.com/yaronbrook  → https://www.youtube.com/yaronbrook → https://www.amazon.com/stores/Yaron

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with historian and independent journalist Don Jeffries. They cover the recent COVID government overreach before continuing the discussion on hidden history: from FDR’s knowledge of Pearl Harbor, to the depravities of LBJ, to the Clinton “body count.” Jeffries as usual has a powerful counter-narrative to the court history that many of us accept as true. Watch previous episode here: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/DonJeffriesHiddenHistory  Guest Lin

81 - Don Jeffries: Crimes and Cover-ups in American Politics

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary societal collapse tactician: James Wesley, Rawles. Gabriel picks his brain about the threats he sees in the world today. They also get into depth about private gun ownership and purchases, concealed carry, self-defense, about the benefits of American federalism, and about the best places on earth to survive in the event of disaster. Rawles is a fantastic thinker about all things sovereignty – this is one episode you don’t want to miss.  Guest Links → h

80 - James Wesley, Rawles: Private Guns, Economic Collapse, and Survival

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mikkel Thorup about their joint venture internationalisation seminar in Panama. This will take place in January of 2024. Gabriel and Mikkel explain the details and argue for internationalisation as a concept everyone should consider. For most of this episode they discuss why Panama is one of the best countries on earth for those seeking freedom.   For more information on the trip visit https://expatmoney.com/watchman  EVENT LINK → https://expatmoney.com/watchman  Wa

79 - Panama Excursion Announcement: Escaping a Chaotic World

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Andrea Amico, creator of Privacy4Cars.com. They discuss the data that is transmitted from phone to car when you establish this connection via Bluetooth or USB. Andrea offers some horror stories as he unpacks how vehicles are an underappreciated trusted third party in our lives.   Guest Links → https://privacy4cars.com/ → https://vehicleprivacyreport.com   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchma

78 - “An Unencrypted Hard Drive on Wheels:” Car Privacy with Andrea Amico

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with cultural analyst Jayant Bhandari for the second time. Bhandari reinforces his argument that culture is more important than economics or politics, providing as usual an assortment of keen observations from his childhood in India and his constant travels across the globe. In this episode they also speak about the decline of the West, whether China is as Orwellian as the media says, the India biometric Aadhaar system, how to bribe in third world countries, the rise of 

77 - Jayant Bhandari: The Empire Strikes Back

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the Admin of Silent Link, an eSim phone service that allows you to purchase service with Bitcoin or Monero, without giving up KYC information, and that works in most countries around the world. They discuss the details of the service, its limitations and benefits, and cover a lot of phone privacy and security topics along the way.  Guest Links → https://silent.link/ → https://twitter.com/silentlink1 → https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-diy   Watchman Privacy →

76 - Silent Link: Anonymous eSIM Service

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the creator of BTCPay, Nicolas Dorier. BTCPay is the most promising option at present for non-custody Bitcoin payment processing, and solves the legacy finance problems of KYC, discrimination, and cancellation. This episode covers all of the basic questions one might have when setting up BTCPay, including sovereignty and privacy questions.  Guest Links → https://btcpayserver.org/ → https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer → https://twitter.com/NicolasDorier → https://chat.b

75 - BTCPay with Nicolas Dorier: Non-Custodial Payment Processing

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko and S2L1 about GrapheneOS and phone privacy. Along the way they explain their pre-built GrapheneOS and CalyxOS phones which they call RoninMobile. This is a great overall introduction to phone privacy.  Guest Links → https://ronindojo.io/en/roninmobile → https://twitter.com/GuerraMoneta (aka s2l1)  → https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko (Zelko)  → https://twitter.com/RoninDojoNode   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → 

74 - GrapheneOS with RoninMobile

Gabriel Custodiet speaks to the CEO of private email company Skiff, Andrew Milich. They discuss what is meant by private email, including all of the fundamental questions that surround that topic. Milich explains along the way the hidden complexities of email and how Skiff has made decisions as a privacy-focused company. As always, this episode aims to be the definitive conversation on the topic, covering the fundamentals as well as the pertinent tech questions.  Guest Links → https://skiff.com/

73 – What is Private Email? Andrew Milich from Skiff

Gabriel Custodiet speaks to Dgoon, creator of Anon Shop, a Monero-only website that forwards packages to a designated location of your choosing. Dgoon explains the basics of the service, how he handles your data, and how he runs a trust-based company. He also explains why he’s one of the only people to create something like it, and offers other insights such as how to “age” Amazon accounts as privacy users.  Guest Links → https://anonshop.anonindustries.com/ (main website) → https://twitter.com/

72 - Anon Shop: Monero-Only Package Forwarding

Gabriel Custodiet gives the floor to Urban Hacker again to explain what a Tor relay is and how to run one. They cover why you should run a relay, why you shouldn’t run an exit relay, and why Bitcoiners in particular have an obligation to run a relay in their homes. Urban Hacker offers a lot of insider details, such as what to expect from your ISP, what equipment you need, how to protect your home router, and why a Tor bridge might be the best way to start.   Tor Links → https://community.torproj

71 - Tor Part II: Running a Tor Relay

Gabriel Custodiet gives the floor to Urban Hacker to give a ground-level history of the Tor network, one of the most important privacy projects in digital history. Urban Hacker begins with Tor’s predecessors, such as mixed networks and remailers. He explains Tor’s origins in the hands of the US Navy, how China altered its trajectory, and how its basic features work. He finishes with practical tips about when and when not to use Tor.  Guest Links → https://urbanhacker.net/ → https://twitter.com/r

70 - Tor Part I: History and Basic Features

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the creator and core developer of Sparrow Wallet, Craig Raw. They discuss some of Craig’s background and his world, such as the dangers of South Africa and how they influence his mindset. Craig gives his insights into the history of Bitcoin wallets, his own coin control tactics, and the broader issues and potential paths of Bitcoin. If you’re just starting with Bitcoin privacy, please see more introductory episodes such as Episode 27: https://youtu.be/Qz1-uiQZUUQ  G

69 - Sparrow Wallet with Craig Raw

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Samourai Wallet, the main speaker for the eponymous Bitcoin privacy wallet company. This wide-ranging discussion covers the myth of Bitcoin being a "surveillance coin," chain analytics companies, the history of Samourai and Bitcoin privacy wallets, and the trailblazing techniques of how SW runs an online, globally-dispersed business that does not compromise on its values. For more introductory information on Samourai Wallet, please start with this video: https://you

68 - Samourai Wallet: Waging War on Fiat

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Matt Smith, who this audience will know as the producer of Doug Casey’s Take. They discuss Matt’s entrepreneurial ascent and his move to Uruguay, which Matt selected as the optimal place to wait out the impending disaster of our time...  Guest Links → https://twitter.com/mattpheus  → https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake → https://www.youtube.com/@terraeden (Matt’s ranch in Uruguay) → https://phyle.co/ (Matt’s and Doug’s online community)   Sources mentioned → Epi

67 - Matt Smith: Escaping to Uruguay

A full introduction to the privacy cryptocurrency Monero, which is one of the greatest tools for financial privacy in human history. Gabriel Custodiet speaks to Seth for Privacy about the origins, features, and future of Monero. This is the definitive resource for beginners to Monero   Guest Links → https://sethforprivacy.com/ → https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy → https://optoutpod.com/ (Seth’s podcast) → https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/comparing-private-spends (comparing transaction size)   S

66 - Intro to Monero: With Seth for Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks Joe Doran, writer for Trends Journal and enemy of technocracy. Doran explains the mindset that motivates world technocrats and predicts upcoming trends in surveillance and loss of individual power.  Guest Links → https://trendsjournal.com/  → https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Humanity-Corrupt-Designs-Technocratic/dp/B09WCLWMJQ  →  https://www.amazon.com/HUMAN-DeGrowth-DeCarbon-DeCrypto-Progress/dp/B0BRPKT9MK    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, con

65 - Leaving Humanity: The Technocratic Worldview with Joe Doran

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nick of The Linux Experiment about all things Linux. They talk about the history of Linux and which distro to pick. They discuss whether LTS is a good idea, whether Linux needs an antivirus, gaming on Linux, and the best way to install programs on Linux Mint. They also discuss Nick’s high-level view of the troubling and restrictive direction that software is moving in.  Guest Links → https://www.youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP → http://twitter.com/thelinuxEXP (no longer ac

64 - All About Linux w/ The Linux Experiment

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Reezy Resells, a retail arbitrage master who shares his tactics online. They discuss how to resell items on Amazon (and eBay), including the details of doing so. They also discuss advertising on social media, learning to be a producer rather than a consumer, how Reezy would start over from nothing, and the mindset necessary to start hustling and making money online.  Guest Links → https://www.youtube.com/@ReezyResells → https://reezyresells.com → https://reezyresell

63 - Reezy Resells: Retail Arbitrage and Money-Making

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jonah Aragon and Niek de Wilde of PrivacyGuides.org. They cover a variety of digital privacy topics including making use of frontends, the demise of Firefox, the superiority of native applications, self-hosting, RSS readers, and backing up our computers.  Guest Links → https://www.privacyguides.org   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy

62 - Crowd-Sourced Digital Privacy: PrivacyGuides.org

Gabriel Custodiet interviews Mac Pierce, an artist who creates anti-facial recognition tools. They discuss the prevalence of facial recognition, previous attempts at obfuscating it, and some of the legal and practical questions surrounding its avoidance.  Guest Links → https://www.macpierce.com/ → https://www.macpierce.com/the-optout-cap → https://www.macpierce.com/the-camera-shy-hoodie → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hh5j6SBIbo (Opt Out Cap discussion) → https://twitter.com/TRANS_RES   Watch

61 - Mac Pierce: Facial Recognition Obfuscation

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Carey Parker of Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons. This highly practical episode covers a broad range of cybersecurity topics: antivirus software, email hygiene, medical privacy, preparing a device for disposal, IPv6, gauging website security, planting flags, signing in with Google and Apple, family privacy, and other digital privacy tips and tricks.  Guest Links → https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consul

60 - Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons with Carey Parker

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Hrvoje Moric of Geopolitics & Empire. They talk about the potential for technocracy and world government, biometrics, and the nature of empire. They discuss how to evaluate privacy tools, how to develop an alternative worldview, and the end of history.  Guest Links → https://geopoliticsandempire.com/ (Hrvoje Moric’s own show) → https://tntradio.live/shows/the-hrvoje-moric-show (Hrvoje hosts this on TNT Radio) → https://twitter.com/hrvojepm (Hrvoje Twitter) → https:/

59 - Hrvoje Moric on Geopolitics & Empire

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Seth for Privacy and BitcoinQnA, two Bitcoin educators. They discuss updates on private, self-custodial Bitcoin tools in the past year (mid 2022 – early 2023). Topics include details of the Sparrow Wallet, Bitcoin resources, P2P exchanges, coin control, and Foundation’s Passport hardware wallet and Envoy app.   If you're just starting with private Bitcoin, watch this first: → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ  Guest Links → https://foundationdevices.com  →

58 - Bitcoin Privacy Returns: Seth for Privacy & BitcoinQnA

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mo from the privacy note-taking software Standard Notes. They discuss the basics and beyond of Standard Notes, how to run a privacy-focused company, the importance of self-hosting, Standard Note’s new 2FA application, and some of the sociopolitical issues surrounding encryption.  Guest Links → https://standardnotes.com → https://twitter.com/standardnotes  → https://www.youtube.com/@standardnotes  → https://www.standardnotes.com/discord → https://mough.xyz (Mo’s pers

57 - Standard Notes: Model Privacy Software

Should one be off-grid or on multiple grids? Gabriel Custodiet asks this fundamental question to Michael Rosmer, the Offshore Citizen. Along the way they discuss countries that are uncorrelated, useful apps for international citizens, how common crypto is worldwide, how to get through immigration and customs smoothly, what regions of the world Michael avoids, and how to get started when offshoring.  Guest Links → https://offshorecitizen.net/ → https://www.youtube.com/@OffshoreCitizen  → https://

56 - Michael Rosmer: The Multi-Grid Approach

Gabriel Custodiet discusses how one can escape the rat race by working for oneself. Self-employment is a serious privacy strategy that has the added benefit of providing lifestyle freedom. Gabriel discusses the mindset needed to be an entrepreneur, gives a few ideas to start a hustle, and advises on best privacy practices along the way.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guid

55 - How to Be Self-Employed

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Paul Rosenberg: cryptographer, philosopher, theologian, and privacy advocate. This wide-ranging conversation covers the demise of the CryptoHippie VPN, the original cryptography movement, Bitcoin, Ross Ulbricht, Ayn Rand, the possibility of anarchy, Christianity, the moral inadequacy of democracy, and the future of technocracy.    Guest Links → https://freemansperspective.com/ → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRcS6fvukzA (Previous episode with Pau

54 - Paul Rosenberg: Of Anarchy and Abolition

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Emil Ivov and Saúl Ibarra Corretgé of the Jitsi project. Jitsi is an open-sourced privacy-focused video conferencing software. It requires no registration and can work within a browser. This episode explores Jitsi’s end-to-end encryption in depth, ways to make Jitsi Meet even more private, what Jitsi knows about its users, and some background about this fantastic project.   Guest Links → https://meet.jit.si → https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet → https://jitsi.org/s

Gabriel Custodiet explains how the $10 trillion cybercrime industry operates and a few concepts that can protect you from it. Learn more at hackproofcourse.com   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof   Monero Donation Address (If you ca

52 - Why You Should Fear Cybercrime

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary investor-philosopher Doug Casey. They speak about topics Doug has rarely discussed: his introduction to psychopaths, whether privacy is a politically-correct word, why Doug never renounced his US citizenship, and the decline of masculinity as the key problem of our time.   Guest Links → https://internationalman.com (recommend the newsletter) → https://highgroundseries.com/ → https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Incorrect-Conversations-Doug-Casey/dp/098828513

51 - Doug Casey: Privacy is Totally Incorrect

---------------------------- HACKPROOF Course: https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof ---------------------------- Gabriel Custodiet talks to Josh Summers of All Things Secured. They discuss the the prevalence of cybercrime, the potential vulnerabilities of 2FA, romance scams, card skimming, identity theft, protecting kids and family privacy, and other cybersecurity fundamentals.   Guest Links → https://www.youtube.com/c/allthingssecured → https://www.allthingssecured.com   Guest Mentions → https:/

50 - Cybersecurity 101 with All Things Secured

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Marco Wutzer, a crypto investor, world traveler, and sharp thinker about today’s problems: and tomorrow’s solutions. Wutzer discusses his ascent as a self-educated digital nomad, some techniques for using DeFi and cryptocurrencies, and what to expect traveling around particularly South America.   Guest Links → https://secondrenaissance.com → https://marcowutzer.com → https://twitter.com/MarcoWutzer → https://www.marcowutzer.com/crypto-quantum-leap   Guest Mentions → ht

49 - Marco Wutzer: Up from Slavery

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Gabriel Custodiet provides an overview of the shrewd international adventurer Andrew Tate and what he can teach us about freedom and privacy.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Privacy Courses → https://bitcoinprivacycourse.com → https://hackproofcourse.com   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double c

48 - Andrew Tate's Privacy & Freedom Lessons

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What Is Watchman Privacy?

Ten clips from ten episodes of the podcast: the best of 2022.   Episode Links (in chronological order) → Episode 29 – Childhood’s End and Surveillance → Episode 33 – Seth for Privacy: The Case for Monero and Digital Privacy → Episode 19 – Mikkel Thorup: Privacy and Internationalisation → Episode 23 – Lubomir Arsov: Finding the Private Self → Episode 34 – Edward Snowden’s Permanent Record → Episode 41 – Rough Living: Learning Privacy from Homelessness → Episode 39 – Uncomfortable Truths about the

47 - The Best of 2022

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with contrarian cultural thinker Jayant Bhandari. Bhandari views politics as subsidiary to culture, and thus culture as the first principle from which to begin one’s analysis. He explains the rarely-acknowledged unchanging depravities of the Third World which are leading it toward collapse: all stemming from a lack of reason and thus moral consciousness. Bhandari also gives his thoughts on a variety of other matters, such as the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, the p

46 - Jayant Bhandari: The Reality of the Third World

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Aaron Zar, founder of SLNT signal-blocking pouches. They discuss the origin and definition of Faraday bags, their uses for privacy seekers, and some of the ins-and-outs of the industry. A (good) Faraday bag is a covering that blocks most signals—GPS, cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, RFID, EMP, EMF—and thus allows its user to have situational privacy.   Guest Links → https://slnt.com → https://twitter.com/goslnt → https://slnt.com/pages/faq → https://slnt.com/pages/slnt

45 - Do Faraday Bags Give You Privacy? A Talk with SLNT

Gabriel Custodiet talks to the creator of MyDataRemoval.com about people search websites and other data brokers. These are websites that collect, buy, and otherwise acquire the ample data that we expose on a daily basis: from social media posts to public housing records to mobile phone behavior. This episode covers all of the basics about these websites, including where they get their data, how they operate, and how to remove oneself from them. This is a definitive introduction to one of the big

44 - Data Brokers and People Search Websites Are Selling Your Data

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about the philosophy behind Bitcoin, as well as proper techniques for using it as it was intended. Along the way they discuss Monero, Max’s appreciation for German economist-philosopher Ludwig von Mises, and Max’s interest in Qubes OS. This conversation at times gets into the depths of Bitcoin, tackling the nature of UTXOs, Bitcoin taint, coin control, privacy holes in the Lightning Network, crossing borders with Bitcoin, and the Wasabi Wallet controv

43 - Bitcoin and Beyond: An Interview with Max Hillebrand

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Dallas, the creator of the privacy-focused South Dakota virtual mailbox service PrivacyPost.io. They discuss the benefits of virtual mailboxes and the process of South Dakota nomad residency. Becoming an international nomad or even a nomad within the USA is possible for most people, and can provide privacy and security benefits as well as tax and freedom benefits. Dallas, who has been aware of South Dakota’s desirable program for nearly a decade, is the perfect guid

42 - Virtual Mailboxes and South Dakota Nomad Residency with PrivacyPost.io

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with CD, who wrote his book 'Rough Living' about choosing to be homeless for multiple years. They discuss how to blend in in public, how to purchase and use cars privately, where to sleep without attracting attention, and how to acquire one’s necessities without swiping a credit card and without stealing. There is much to learn about privacy from homelessness.  Links → https://twitter.com/vagobond → Rough Living: An Urban Survival Manual: https://ia601302.us.archive.org/

41 - Rough Living: Learning Privacy from Homelessness

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Don Jeffries, a historian and investigator who does not shy away from looking into conspiracies and challenging the dominant interpretations of world events. They discuss disturbing little known facts about America’s past: from the Constitution to the twentieth century.  Links → https://twitter.com/DonJeffries → https://www.donaldjeffries.media → https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Jeffries/e/B004T6NFAS → https://www.rokfin.com/americaunplugged Watchman Privacy → https://

40 - Don Jeffries on Hidden History

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Viktor Viksei from IVPN. This candid and wide-ranging conversation covers some of the dirty secrets of the VPN industry, fundamental questions about how VPNs work and how we can trust them, and pretty much everything else you wanted to know about VPNs. They explore whether IVPN is a good option (hint: it is).  Links → https://twitter.com/vonthedock (Viktor Viksei) → https://www.ivpn.net/ → Article Viktor mentions: https://www.ivpn.net/blog/who-owns-your-vpn-you-shou

39 - Uncomfortable Truths about the VPN Industry with Viktor Vecsei

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Zelko and S2l1, co-founders of RoninDojo, a privacy-focused Bitcoin node project. This comprehensive discussion covers the origins of the company, the benefits of full nodes, the nuances of running a RoninDojo with a hardcore privacy focus, whirlpooling, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin privacy broadly.  Please watch the previous episode first → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5NMOQp-YMI   RoninDojo Links → https://ronindojo.io → https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko (Zelko

38 - RoninDojo Co-Founders Interview: Hardcore Bitcoin Node Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet explains what a Bitcoin full node is, what privacy benefits its grants, and how to run one: specifically a RoninDojo Tanto.  RoninDojo Tanto → https://ronindojo.io/en/tanto   Full Node Resources → https://bitcoiner.guide/qna/nodes/ → https://unchained.com/blog/what-is-a-bitcoin-node/ → https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-core/ → https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#what-is-a-full-node   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.

37 - Running a Bitcoin Full Node for Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with former UFC fighter Jon Fitch. They discuss techniques for self-defense and the current legal climate that discourages it, among other topics on what ails society.  Jon Fitch links → https://jonfitch.net → https://jonfitchknowsnothing.podbean.com → https://jonfitch.gumroad.com → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx0VIwB0oaw (Gabriel on Fitch's show) → https://www.ufcclassaction.com → https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Men-Anthony-Napoleon/dp/1621377288 (Shadow Men book) → h

36 - When Privacy Fails: Jon Fitch on Self-Defense

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with a representative of the travel router company GL.iNet about their new Slate AX router, as well as a history of the company and some best practices. Travel routers are small Wi-Fi devices that allow users to easily add a VPN. They have with the ability to protect both the IP and the MAC address of all connected devices.   GL.iNet links → https://forum.gl-inet.com → https://github.com/gl-inet → https://twitter.com/GLiNetWiFi   Particular GL.iNet routers mentioned (new

35 - GL.iNet Interview: Slate AX and Travel Routers

Gabriel Custodiet reviews and extracts the privacy lessons that can be learned from Edward Snowden's 2019 book 'Permanent Record'.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to sele

34 - Edward Snowden's Permanent Record

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with digital privacy specialist Seth for Privacy, host of the Opt Out podcast and contributor to the privacy cryptocurrency Monero. They discuss the prevalence of third-party integration that defines Web 2.0, digital tools to fight online surveillance, the privacy problems of Bitcoin, and browser fingerprinting.  Seth for Privacy links → https://sethforprivacy.com/ → https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy → https://optoutpod.com/ → Seth more on Monero vs Bitcoin: https://www

33 – Seth for Privacy: The Case for Monero and Digital Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with investor-author-comedian Dominic Frisby about a variety of things: the classical liberal tradition of Britain, CBDCs, Monero, the history of taxation, the freelance revolution, and whether privacy necessarily leads to evil.  Dominic Frisby links → https://frisby.substack.com/ → https://dominicfrisby.com/videos/ → https://www.amazon.com/Dominic-Frisby/e/B00G4A3MM8    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.

32 - Dominic Frisby: Shadowpunk

Climate change is one of the greatest dangers we face: for our privacy. Gabriel Custodiet surveys the encroachment of climate surveillance, from carbon credits, ESG, to a dystopian article from Al Gore about AI and carbon tracking.  Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitc

31 - Climate Change Surveillance

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Joshua Sheats of the excellent podcast Radical Personal Finance. Topics range from bitcoin, asset protection, and location independent businesses to the war on cash and wealth as a means to expand your privacy toolbox.  Bitcoin Privacy Course → http://bitcoinprivacycourse.com    Joshua Sheats → https://twitter.com/JoshuaSheats   Radical Personal Finance (few of my favourite episodes) → https://radicalpersonalfinance.libsyn.com/rpf-0009-why-your-house-is-a-terrible-i

30 - Joshua Sheats of Radical Personal Finance

Fiction has much to say about reality. Gabriel Custodiet discusses what the sci-fi classic Childhood's End has to say about the soul-destroying power of surveillance. He then gives a few thoughts for resisting.  Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation

29 - Childhood’s End and Surveillance

Mining bitcoin at home may be the purest way to acquire it privately. Gabriel Custodiet talks to home mining guru Econoalchemist about the ins-and-outs of mining bitcoin privately from one’s home. This is one podcast any privacy Bitcoiner does not want to miss.  Links for EconoAlchemist   Mining Guide → https://www.econoalchemist.com/post/home-mining-for-non-kyc-bitcoin   Home Network Mining Privacy Guide → https://www.econoalchemist.com/post/bitcoin-home-mining-network-privacy Twitter → https:/

28 - Econoalchemist: Home Mining Non-KYC Bitcoin

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with one of the premier privacy Bitcoiners: Bitcoin Q+A. This episode offers a great overview of the main ways to acquire and use Bitcoin privately.   Bitcoin Q+A Twitter → https://twitter.com/BitcoinQ_A   Q+A’s FANTASTIC website → https://bitcoiner.guide → https://bitcoiner.guide/node   Concerns with Lightning Network privacy → https://abytesjourney.com/lightning-privacy   Foundation Devices – Passport Bitcoin Hardware Wallet → https://foundationdevices.com   Watchman P

27 - BitcoinQnA: Bitcoin Privacy 101

Gabriel Custodiet surveys the Bitcoin landscape and describes the hurdles and opportunities it offers for those who want private transactions.  Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the mid

26 - Privacy Opportunities and Dangers of Bitcoin

Gabriel Custodiet speaks to NVK, co-inventor of the Coldcard Bitcoin wallet. They discuss his particularly secure wallet and Bitcoin privacy more broadly. A hardware wallet is a dedicated mini-computer whose entire purpose (both hardware and software) is limited only to crypto transacting. It is thus a more secure way to store crypto, isolated from “hot” internet-connected devices that have much more code, many more features, and consequently many more vulnerabilities.   Coldcard Wallets (Bitcoi

25 - NVK: Bitcoin Hardware Wallets and Coldcard

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Announcement: Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Course

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jameson Lopp, cypherpunk and co-founder of Casa Bitcoin service. They discuss Jameson’s privacy reboot after a swatting attack, digital privacy, and securing one’s bitcoin.   Jameson Lopp Resources → Swatting event: https://blog.lopp.net/reflections-upon-a-swatting/ → Great privacy/crypto resource: https://www.Lopp.net → Jameson’s privacy journey: https://blog.lopp.net/modest-privacy-protection-proposal/ → Tracking down the swatter: https://blog.lopp.net/to-swat-a-s

24 - Jameson Lopp: Privacy Rebooting and Bitcoin

Gabriel Custodiet speaks to the creator of the animated film IN-SHADOW, Lubomir Arsov, about technocracy and how to protect the self from outside influence.   IN-SHADOW → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j800SVeiS5I → https://www.inshadow.net   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/

23 - Lubomir Arsov: Finding the Private Self

Gabriel Custodiet gives some ideas for how one might approach privacy during economically-troubled times.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM

22 - Privacy During Economic Crisis

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Michael Snyder of the Economic Collapse Blog about the warning signs of the global economy in early 2022.   The Economic Collapse Blog → https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com   Michael Snyder's Books → https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Snyder/e/B01DUPOJL2   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy →  https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privac

21 - Michael Snyder on Economic Collapse

Gabriel Custodiet discusses how Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) is essential to digital privacy, and gives some examples of software to start using.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double clic

20 - Why Free and Open-Source Software is Essential to Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with international consultant Mikkel Thorup. Topics include moving and traveling abroad, second citizenships, the required information of citizenship by investment, airport surveillance, and precious metal vaults overseas.   Mikkel Thorup's website (book, consultation, podcast) → https://expatmoneyshow.com/   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Pri

19 - Mikkel Thorup: Privacy and Internationalisation

A full introduction to the mindset and methods of approaching the Internet while protecting privacy.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUs

18 - How to Use the Internet Privately

A short story explaining how a private person lives.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27ur

17 - Jason is a Private Person

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Paul Rosenberg, a fascinating renaissance man who is an engineer, philosopher, occasional theologian, and cryptographer. They discuss the meaning and benefits of privacy, who we should be private from, Paul's background in cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and his VPN: Crypto Hippie.   Paul Rosenberg's website and newsletter → https://www.freemansperspective.com   Crypto Hippie VPN has been shut down as of early 2022   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (n

16 - Paul Rosenberg: A Freeman's Perspective of Privacy

Gabriel speaks with JJ Luna, a privacy expert who honed his skills while hiding under pain of death in Spain during the reign of Francisco Franco. He was never caught. Luna went on to become a privacy consultant and to publish one of the bestselling books on privacy out there: How to Be Invisible. In this episode he shares the basics of his privacy worldview as well as sharing some timely thoughts on private LLCs and living abroad.   JJ Luna's Website → https://www.jjluna.com/   Watchman Privacy

15 - Privacy Expert JJ Luna on How to Be Invisible

Gabriel Custodiet explains the vital necessity of learning to use torrents for seekers of privacy and freedom and defends the practice on moral grounds.    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double clic

14 - How and Why to Torrent

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Sonal Tolman, a former lawyer for Big Tech. They discuss consumerism, Big Data, cultivating a minimalist lifestyle, and of course the value of privacy.    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see 

13 - Former Big Tech Lawyer: On Privacy and Finding the Light

Gabriel Custodiet explains Apple's recent "Child Safety" update, how to get out of Apple's surveillance net, and why Apple cannot give you privacy: even if they actually believed in it.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't s

12 - Apple Cannot Give You Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Barry Reid, the legendary privacy author of The Paper Trip. They discuss escaping conscription during the Vietnam War, how to create a new identity, and the knowledge gained from a lifetime of privacy entrepreneurship.   Eden Press → https://edenpress.com   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin

11 - Interview with Barry Reid: The Paper Trip and New Identities

Gabriel Custodiet explains why the encroachment of rental culture, especially in the form of "software as a service," should be avoided at all costs.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in

10 - Rental Culture as Slavery

Seasteading is one of the last options for free and private living in the world today. Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Grant Romundt, CEO of Ocean Builders, about the company's work on self-sustaining seapods.   Ocean Builders → https://oceanbuilders.com/   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gu

9 - Private Living in a Seapod: An Interview with Grant Romundt from Ocean Builders

Gabriel Custodiet suggests some privacy-focused alternatives to the Big Tech services that dominate our lives.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ34

8 - Privacy Alternatives to Big Tech

Gabriel Custodiet talks about the late privacy master John McAfee and explains what his life can teach us about privacy.    Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →

7 - What John McAfee Taught Us About Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet examines what Bitcoin is and how it can be made private.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpa

6 - Private Bitcoin: An Introduction

Gabriel Custodiet gives ten tips to protect your privacy from the tech giant Amazon and its massive reach.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peE

5 - Protect Your Privacy from Amazon: 10 Tips

Gabriel Custodiet discusses how psychopaths can destroy your privacy...and your life.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu

4 - Privacy and Psychopaths

What are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)? When will they come about? How can we stay private with them? Gabriel Custodiet gives some introductory thoughts about this brave new world.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you ca

3 - Central Bank Digital Currencies: An Introductory Warning

A few case examples of how devastating social media can be followed by five fundamental steps to privacy.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2   Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin   Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM

2 - First Five Steps to Privacy

In this first episode Gabriel Custodiet briefly introduces the podcast and examines how minimalism can help you to achieve privacy. He then guides you through a cleansing routine to help get your digital life back in shape. As always, please check out The Watchman Guide to Privacy to support the show and for more information. Many thanks, as usual, to David for lending his voice to the endeavor.   Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitte

1 - Get Your Digital Life in Order

We analyze the war on privacy and freedom in all its forms. Then we talk solutions.