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Episode 98 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Ungovernable Misfits with MaxBitBuyBit
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with MaxBitBuyBit, a Bitcoin creator behind the brand Ungovernable Misfits.
Guest Links
→https://ungovernablemisfits.com/
→Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/58fLzau7Vag4cKp5J02AiX
→https://twitter.com/MaxBitbuybit
→https://twitter.com/BitBuyBitPod
Watchman Privacy
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com
→ 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 (supports the show)
→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
Episode 97 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Coin Cards: Buy Gift Cards with Monero and Bitcoin
Gabriel Custodiet talks to Mike from Coincards.com. This service allows you to buy gift cards for popular franchises with bitcoin, monero, and other crypto. Gabriel asks all the basic questions, the privacy and legal questions, and the more interesting questions: how to live off of gift cards, behind-the-scenes of the gift card industry, gift card suspicion, gift card privacy, and the future of gift cards.
Guest Links
→https://coincards.com/ (Use Tor Browser)
→https://twitter.com/CoinCards
→https://twitter.com/astupidmoose (Mike’s personal Twitter)
Watchman Privacy
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com
→ 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 (supports the show)
→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
1:42 – What do we have to give up to use CoinCards.com
2:35 – Any problems with Tor Browser?
3:35 – Are you using BTCPay Server?
4:15 – Do you vet UTXOs?
4:50 – Do you reject transactions for any reason?
5:48 – Data retention policy
7:10 – Do companies know their cards came from Coin Cards?
9:50 – Rapid fire of basic features of Coin Cards
12:50 – How do we use digital gift card in physical store?
13:40 – Origins of Coin Cards (getting permission from gift card companies)
16:00 – What did you do with Bitcoin in the early days?
17:00 – Coin Cards guerrilla marketing
18:15 – Comparison to competitors
19:38 – Limitations of jurisdictions
21:58 – What wallet set up do you use?
23:30 – How do live on gift cards
24:30 – Problems with VISA gift cards
26:42 – Privacy problems of using gift cards
28:30 – Companies that ban for using gift cards (Amazon)
30:32 – Will gift cards get regulated?
31:40 – How much of “circular economy” BTC/XMR end with services like yours?
34:27 – Has there been a decline in Bitcoin use in last ten years?
37:00 – Percent of gift cards that have errors
37:15 – Future of Coin Cards
37:40 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #CoinCards #BitcoinGiftCards #Monero
Episode 96 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Cypherpunk Apes
Gabriel Custodiet talks to Paul Rosenberg for the third time. They discuss the original cryptography movement, skepticism of the Ross Ulbricht case, how the Dark Ages ended slavery, Christian anarchy, and the biological future of humanity.
Guest Links
→Paul Rosenberg's website: https://www.freemansperspective.com
Previous episodes with Paul Rosenberg
→Episode 16: https://youtu.be/JRcS6fvukzA
→Episode 54: https://youtu.be/WCU9f_9s120
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 (supports the show)
→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
1:08 – Original cryptography movement
4:35 – The universe favors encryption
9:10 – Cryptography and the government
11:50 – Cryptography resources
15:30 – What Julian Assange means to humanity
18:09 – Significance of BitTorrent
18:55 – Insight into VPN industry
22:30 – Questionable aspects of Ross Ulbricht case
26:10 – The Dark Ages: why were they significant?
31:45 – Resources for the Dark Ages
33:45 – Are Christianity and Judaism anarchic religions?
37:30 – Paul’s new book, Post-Primate Society
41:05 – Evolutionary psychology hijacking the mind
45:50 – How damaging would an EMP be?
48:25 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #PaulRosenberg #FreemansPerspective #Cryptography
Episode 95 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Monero Standard with Stoic.xmr
Gabriel Custodiet talks to Stoic.xmr (Michael Fitzgerald) about his book The Monero Standard. After covering some of the bare basics of money and the fiat system, they discuss the differences between the Bitcoin and Monero community and whether Bitcoin and Monero are even the point...
Guest Links
→https://monerostandard.com/
→https://twitter.com/TheStoicCoiner
→https://www.youtube.com/@moneromagazine
Getting into Monero – start here
→https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwPwsAnQGY
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 (supports the show)
→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
1:26 – What is fiat and how bad has it been for us?
4:16 – Does intrinsic value exist regarding money; what is Monero’s value?
6:48 – Weird objects used as money
10:30 – What is inflation?
13:32 – Differences between Bitcoin and Monero communities
15:40 – Spending over savings
17:35 – Getting to the most important question
18:08 – Bitcoin taint
20:22 – Would Stoic.xmr support a better privacy coin than Monero?
21:46 – Mass adoption in Monero
22:40 – Does supply cap really matter that much?
23:40 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #MoneroStandard #StoicXMR #Monero
Episode 94 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Max Tannahill: Core Devs vs Real Users
Gabriel Custodiet talks to Max Tannahill about Bitcoin privacy, Monero, and phone privacy. Max is a dedicated and well respected experimenter with wallets and the practical tools that the limousine crypto class would never sully themselves with. As such, Max’s views on these topics—such as Monero as the best layer 2 for Bitcoin and the damage of Taproot and Covenants—come from the thoughtful mind of a rare actual user of these digital technologies.
If you’re new to Bitcoin, watch these first (in order)
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNUKkrG_9A
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHq8YXpw9I
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OmYqq7BPSw
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSf0_To8GmE
Guest Links
→ https://twitter.com/maxtannahill
References
→ https://twitter.com/pokkst
→ https://twitter.com/fluffypony
→ https://twitter.com/reardencode
→ https://t.me/monerujounderground (Monero Telegram)
→ https://t.me/SovereignBitcoiner (Telegram group; Monero friendly)
→ https://foundationdevices.com/envoy/ (Envoy Wallet)
→ https://stackwallet.com/ (The 'if iPhone' wallet)
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 (supports the show)
→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
0:54 – Intro to Max Tannahill and traditional financial surveillance
6:30 – Privacy problems of Singapore and global cities
9:36 – Max’s crypto-based privacy phone business Mamushi
13:00 – CalyxOS and microG
18:03 – Telegram a mistake for privacy/freedom communities?
21:05 – Fundamental problem of phones = NFC and GPS
26:30 – Traditional finance tools for freedom
29:50 – Other privacy coins
33:00 – Max’s Monero tools
36:20 – Dubai forbids Monero
39:40 – Monero as layer 2 of Bitcoin
42:20 – Monero’s big fat problem
45:05 – Monero resources
47:14 – Rapid Fire
50:45 – What value does Bitcoin have?
52:00 – What happened to SovrynBitcoin website?
52:37 – Before BIP39 how did people back up funds?
53:28 – What is Taproot?
56:21 – Core developers vs real users of Bitcoin
58:38 – What are Covenants and CTV?
1:07:00 – Wallets besides Samourai and Sparrow
1:08:38 – Atomic swaps (and Samourai Wallet)
1:13:41 – Max isn’t concerned about fee rates
1:16:00 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #MaxTannahill #Monero #Bitcoin
Episode 93 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Finney Forum with Ragnar Lifthrasir
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ragnar Lifthrasir about the upcoming Bitcoin and Monero event: Finney Forum.
Guest Links
→ https://finneyforum.com/
→ https://ragnarly.com/media/
→ https://twitter.com/RagnarLif
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 (supports the show)
→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
0:50 – Introduction to Ragnar Lifthrasir
2:30 – How did Guns N Bitcoin differ from normie Bitcoin conferences?
4:15 – Details of Finney Forum
9:22 – Privacy registration
11:52 – Monero most used payment method
13:36 – Spending versus savings
16:06 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #FinneyForum #RagnarLifthrasir #GunsandBitcoin
Episode 92 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Bitcoin Mining for the Streets: Diverter_NoKYC
Gabriel Custodiet talks Bitcoin mining with a major player in self-mining. This is the best introduction to the who, why, what, and how of mining. As always, with no compromise on self-sovereignty, ownership, no KYC, and privacy.
Guest Links
→ https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/mining-for-the-streets/ (Diverter’s original article)
→ https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC
→ https://paynym.is/+diverter
References
→ https://www.econoalchemist.com/post/home-mining-for-non-kyc-bitcoin
→ https://upstreamdata.com/products-services/bitcoin-mining-loadcenters/black-box/
→ https://upstreamdata.com/upstreamdata-diy-blackbox/
→ https://kaboomracks.com/buying-mining-equipment/ (happens via Telegram)
→ https://minefarmbuy.com/
→ https://www.blockwaresolutions.com
→ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod256-bitcoin-mining-news-analysis/id1657814571
→ https://t.me/HomeMiningWizards (Helpful Telegram group for amateurs)
→ https://twitter.com/CoinHeated (ASIC immersion)
→https://twitter.com/zbomstaz (single board ASIC)
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 (supports the show)
→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
1:15 – Explanation of Bitcoin mining
6:06 – What is the power of miners in Bitcoin ecosystem?
12:00 – Examples of mining censorship
17:40 – Brief history of Bitcoin mining
24:45 – Inevitable regulation of Bitcoin mining due to blatant money transmission
31:22 – Government bans of Bitcoin mining
36:37 – Geopolitics of Bitcoin ASIC machines
41:25 – What is the Bitcoin Mining Council?
45:45 – Price of electricity differs widely around the world
50:00 – Discouraged from self mining?
56:45 – What is cloud mining and mining hosting?
1:04:00 – Are mined bitcoin untainted?
1:09:22 – Summary of self-mining
1:10:10 – Setting up electricity
1:16:20 – Limit to how many ASICs you can run in house?
1:21:21 – Sound and heat suppression
1:27:20 – Places to buy ASIC in person?
1:29:55 – Ways to buy an ASIC
1:34:34 – Best ASIC to buy
1:40:00 – Buying ASIC privately
1:44:42 – Which mining pool to join
1:49:50 – Mining altcoins
1:51:45 – Mining resources
1:56:10 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #BitcoinMining #DiverterNoKYC
Episode 91 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Escaping the Culture Industry
Gabriel Custodiet appropriates (hopefully commodifies) the famous Frankfurt School essay "The Culture Industry" as a way to examine how consumerism contaminates us: and what we can do about it.
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 (supports the show)
→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
Episode 90 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Watchman Privacy: The Best of 2023
Gabriel Custodiet shares some of the best moments of 2023 from The Watchman Privacy Podcast.
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 (supports the show)
→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
2:21 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S8cDdeu50k
4:32 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hAtO8-Wzcg
7:48 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCU9f_9s120
11:58 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_ekCO_gfc
18:32 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByagxDetVI
27:20 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9NJ1dyYTU
33:03 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOrmtD4ZA4
40:08 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwPwsAnQGY
45:24 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSf0_To8GmE
49:21 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt7fP8qBoHw
52:27 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtN6wJqK1M
56:30 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kes3oDPpNqE
58:17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4E6387__U
59:55 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPMqPrysoJs
1:02:26 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srqya9hrmpY
1:07:05 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHq8YXpw9I
1:12:02 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3JeMahWx4
#WatchmanPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #CyberSecurity
Notes from an Urban Hacker
Episode 89 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Notes from an Urban Hacker
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about a smattering of digital privacy topics: Tor versus VPNs, Kodi and digital media servers, Bitcoin and Monero, Samourai Wallet stack, sandboxing, phone privacy, and GrapheneOS.
Previous episodes with Urban Hacker on Tor
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtN6wJqK1M
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Vpb3xVtEA
Mentioned
→ https://urbanhacker.net/bitcoin-dust-horizon/ (The Dust Horizon)
→ https://urbanhacker.net/badass-media-center-for-your-tv/ (Media server intro)
Guest Links
→ https://urbanhacker.net/
→ https://twitter.com/realUrbanHacker
→ https://t.me/Realurbanhacker (Telegram)
→ https://tallycoin.app/@realurbanhacker/the-orange-pill-simulator-zzjq3lmF (Urban Hacker’s Bitcoin game)
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 (supports the show)
→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 – Beginning
0:42 – Tor versus VPNs
10:43 – What is Urban Hacker’s stack
12:25 – Using bitcoin on a daily basis
14:30 – Rolling physical dice for Bitcoin private keys
18:07 – What is Samourai Wallet Sentinel?
20:18 – Luke and Ocean Mining debacle
24:58 – Bitcoin and Monero and altcoin mining
26:09 – Bitcoin transaction cost depends on byte size, not amount of sats
29:07 – The Dust Horizon
31:09 – When do you use Bitcoin versus Monero?
31:22 – Private media servers, TVs, Kodi
36:48 – What is sandboxing? Also, GrapheneOS and phone privacy.
46:25 – Final thoughts from Urban Hacker
#WatchmanPrivacy #TorVPNs #CyberSecurity #BitcoinPrivacy
Episode 88 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Doug Casey: Judge, Jury, Executioner
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with the anarchist philosopher Doug Casey. And once again they discuss topics Doug Casey rarely comments on: how anarchy holds up to foreign empires, what Doug would refuse to sell on darknet marketplaces, whether the will to power isn’t a better ethic to follow, the morality of investing in “defense” stocks, and jury nullification.
Guest Links
→ https://www.amazon.com/Totally-Incorrect-Conversations-Doug-Casey/dp/0988285134
→ https://internationalman.com (recommend the newsletter)
→ https://highgroundseries.com/
→ https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Investing-Rest-Douglas-Casey/dp/1559721774
→ https://www.youtube.com/@DougCaseysTake
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 (supports the show)
→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
0:17 – How do you know the non-aggression principle is correct?
5:25 – Isn’t the will to power more natural?
7:36 – How would anarchy hold up to ambitions of other imperial governments?
11:31 – Would Doug Casey have any limits to his darknet marketplace?
15:30 – Is it moral to invest in war stocks?
19:15 – Jury nullification
21:50 – Upcoming book ‘Terrorist’
23:45 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #DougCasey #SilkRoad #JuryNullification
Episode 87 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Politics of Bitcoin (Zelko & Samourai Wallet)
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko of RoninDojo and Samourai Wallet. They unpack the crazy politics in the Bitcoin community: from the fuzzy “red lines” of Bitcoin companies, to the gradual diminishment of Bitcoin’s cypherpunk origins, to FOSS gaslighting and the recent Ocean Mining censorship. Oh, and Bitcoin is not for Progressives.
If you’re new to Bitcoin, watch these first (in order)
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNUKkrG_9A
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHq8YXpw9I
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OmYqq7BPSw
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSf0_To8GmE
Zelko and RoninDojo
→ https://ronindojo.io/
→ https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko
→ https://twitter.com/RoninDojoNode
→ https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/citadel-dispatch-e026-using/ (Node comparison)
Samourai Wallet
→ https://samouraiwallet.com/
→ https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet
→ https://t.me/SamouraiWallet (Telegram group)
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPY-5SR-jPQ (Bitcoin: An Experiment in Anarchism)
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
0:31 – Bitcoin is like a ship
5:23 – What are your red lines as a Bitcoin company?
11:32 – Why did Bitcoin move away from being cypherpunk?
19:20 – Mass adoption is the poison pill
24:30 – Software that isn’t FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software)
40:00 – Bitcoin is not apolitical, nor for Progressives
45:19 – Savings versus spending
48:35 – Ocean Mining versus Whirlpool
1:03:58 – The failure of the Lightning Network
1:17:07 – Criticism of Samourai Wallet
1:25:47 – Final Thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #SamouraiWallet #Bitcoin #RoninDojo
Episode 86 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – CBDC Tracker with Nicholas Anthony
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nicholas Anthony, co-creator of CBDC Tracker. They discuss how Central Bank Digital Currencies will work practically, their myriad logistical problems, and their legality in the United States. They also cover the unrecognized economic problems of CBDCs, black box debanking, cybersecurity concerns of CBDCs, CBDCs as a PSYOP, Operation Choke Point, the Financial Tyranny Index, and more. Anthony’s scholarly take on CBDCs is much appreciated.
Guest Links
→ https://cbdctracker.hrf.org
→ https://www.cato.org/people/nicholas-anthony
→ https://twitter.com/EconWithNick
→ https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/central-bank-digital-currency
→ https://github.com/vexl-it/fti (Financial Tyranny Index)
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
3:20 – Worst countries for CBDCs
4:42 – How do CBDCs work at a practical level?
7:33 – Citizen requirements to use a CBDC and how would foreigners use CBDCs?
10:55 – What stood out to you about the CBDC Tracker project?
14:10 – Should Americans be worried about their developing CBDC?
17:55 – Can US Federal Reserve create a CBDC without government approval?
21:00 – What is the real reason they want a CBDC?
26:05 – Other disruptions that CBDCs can cause with economies?
30:13 – Security concerns of CBDCs
34:50 – CBDCs as a PSYOP
39:17 – Operation Choke Point
43:22 – Debanking
47:50 – Financial Tyranny Index
51:35 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #CBDCs #CBDCTracker #NicholasAnthony
Episode 85 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Bitcoin Privacy Reignited with BitcoinQnA
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
Episode 84 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – 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
#WatchmanPrivacy #JayantBhandari #ThirdWorld #DeclineoftheWest
Episode 83 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – 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
Episode 83 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – 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
Episode 81 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Don Jeffries: Crimes and Cover-ups in American Politics
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 Links
→ https://twitter.com/DonJeffries
→ https://www.donaldjeffries.media
→ https://donaldjeffries.substack.com/
→ https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Jeffries/e/B004T6NFAS
→ https://www.rokfin.com/americaunplugged
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
3:00 – Why don’t historians cover what you cover?
7:15 – Jeffries’ recent COVID book
12:40 – Government motivations during COVID?
15:58 – COVID Geotracing overreach
18:22 – FDR was aware of Pearl Harbor?
25:32 – JFK: an unusual president
33:40 – JFK, CS Lewis, Aldous Huxley die same day
34:45 – LBJ: Psychopathic tendencies
41:18 – The Clinton “body count”
47:00 – Jeffries’ book recommendations
50:55 – Isn’t the “deep state” just the bureaucracy?
53:40 – Exponential increase in cancer post-1900
57:00 – Assault on free speech
1:01:03 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #DonJeffries #HiddenHistory #CourtHistory
Episode 80 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – James Wesley, Rawles: Private Guns, Economic Collapse, and Survival
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
→ https://survivalblog.com/
→ https://www.amazon.com/stores/James-Wesley-Rawles/author/B001K8HTVE
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
1:43 – What is the “coming collapse”?
4:15 – Why is the “American Redoubt” the best bug out place in the country?
6:32 – Any change to American Redoubt recently?
8:10 – Internationalization?
10:10 – American federalism differentiates it from every other country
16:00 – What is the leading geopolitical threat?
18:32 – Basics of private gun ownership
21:32 – What is a private gun sale?
26:35 – Making your own guns and other options
30:12 – Beginning to concealed carry
32:57 – Legal preparation for home defense
35:00 – “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” – the sovereign citizen movement
38:00 – Land of Promise: creating a Christian Libertarian nation
41:35 – What is the most important common denominator of thriving society?
43:43 – Rapid Fire
45:25 – Most troubling upcoming technology
45:40 – James Wesley, Rawles debanked; cancel culture
47:30 – Typewriters: underappreciated privacy tech
49:00 – MicroSD cards
50:50 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #JamesWesleyRawles #SurvivalBlog #PrivateGuns
Episode 79 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Panama Excursion Announcement: An Escape from a Chaotic World
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
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 – Explanation of event
6:40 – Why should we internationalise?
10:00 – Why did Mikkel choose Panama?
14:15 – Panama has territorial taxation
15:55 – Does this work for Americans? (Foreign earned income exclusion)
17:45 – Residency process for Panama
21:28 – Panama is the banking hub of Latin America
25:00 – Panama banks require residency
26:30 – Panama uses US Dollar? Kind of…
27:14 – Panama Papers: any problems?
30:10 – Gold vaults in Panama (and other precious metals)
34:05 – Conveniences of Panama
34:25 – Panamanian lifestyle
37:00 – Final thoughts on event
#WatchmanPrivacy #ExpatMoney #RadicalPersonalFinance #Panama
Episode 78 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – “An Unencrypted Hard Drive on Wheels:” Car Privacy with Andrea Amico
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/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
1:30 – Gabriel’s caveats
2:08 – How does Privacy4Cars work?
4:25 – Variance of ways car data is erased
6:15 – Cars are unencrypted hard drives; what year did this begin?
9:22 – What kinds of data do cars collect?
12:12 – Particular car brands that collect the most?
12:40 – Horror stories
14:43 – Android Auto vs Apple CarPlay
16:48 – How do Android Auto and Apple CarPlay work?
18:00 – How trivial is it for police or investigators to take car data?
20:35 – Does a car connection break the encryption of encrypted apps?
21:45 – How often should we use Privacy4Cars?
23:43 – Is our car data behind sold?
26:34 – Are there public vehicle search databases?
29:37 – Insurance companies collecting data
32:20 – What does a mechanic see about our car data?
35:00 – VIN black pill
35:40 – Last car that didn’t have a computer chip
39:13 – Any connection between phone and car is serious
41:05 – Are Teslas different?
42:02 – Microphones in cars: common
43:15 – Car apps
45:50 – What can people do to preserve car privacy?
48:55 – Any vehicle companies know to collect more data than others?
49:15 – VehiclePrivacyReport.com
50:45 – Trusting Privacy4Cars app
52:32 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #Privacy4Cars #AndreaAmico #CarPrivacy #AndroidAuto #AppleCarPlay
Episode 77 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Jayant Bhandari: The Empire Strikes Back
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 Indian nationalism, Indian slavery, and a particularly disturbing trip to the most lawless country on earth.
Watch our first conversation here: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/Bhandari
Guest Links
→ https://jayantbhandari.com
→ 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
1:55 – Does “fixing the money” solve societal problems?
4:47 – Neocolonialism is real though, right?
7:50 – The decline of the West and the rise of the East
10:35 – Is China as bad as media portrays?
14:52 – Mohammedan countries support China despite Uyghur situation
19:29 – Can money fix global poverty?
23:06 – India’s biometric database system Aadhaar
25:00 – Advice on bribing in third-world countries
27:50 – Criticism of Narendra Modi
29:50 – Does Jayant feel unsafe in India now?
31:07 – Rise of Indian nationalism
33:39 – Differences among Indian subcontinent
36:00 – Traveling to Pakistan
37:13 – Slavery in India
40:04 – The Indian caste system
42:15 – Advice for traveling in India
45:00 – His trip to Congo (**listener discretion advised**)
48:30 – Abuses of the third world are rarely covered
53:05 – Where do we get non-PC information about the third world?
54:53 – Only Western countries take refugees; consequences
58:35 – Rapid fire questions
1:00:58 – Practical advice for traveling globally
1:02:03 – How to live like a local
1:02:50 – Pitch for gold ownership
1:04:40 – Opening foreign bank and investing accounts
1:06:40 – Dollar will not collapse before other fiat currencies
1:09:00 – Elon Musk and Ray Dalio praise India
1:10:16 – What will world look 15 years from now?
1:11:18 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #JayantBhandari #China #Indi
Episode 76 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Silent Link: Anonymous eSIM Service
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
→ 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
2:40 – Phone service is a double-edged sword
4:25 – What is my mobile service provider able to see about me?
8:02 – Can a phone provider hear our phone calls?
8:49 – What is a voice fingerprint?
9:24 – Does voice fingerprinting defeat the “burner model” of phones
10:15 – Silent Link uses roaming: what does that mean for protection from mobile service provider?
11:42 – IMEI: can we ever change it?
13:04 – What happens when we call the emergency number on our phone
14:14 – Where did we go wrong with phone service?
15:40 – What is the history of Silent Link?
18:26 – How did Bitcoin/Monero allow you do run your company as you run it?
19:12 – What could Silent Link do to us if it were malicious?
22:40 – Who owns phone numbers at the end of the ownership line?
23:20 – Can your providers refuse you service; consequences
24:22 – No outgoing calls or SMS with Silent Link
26:55 – Data-only (no number) plan: do we actually get a phone number with it?
27:40 – Pricing
28:20 – Basics of Silent Link service
31:45 – Main benefit: seamless global service
32:48 – Security benefits of roaming eSIM card
37:18 – Where do your eSIM cards come from?
37:46 – Can we port our loaned phone number from your service?
40:05 – Does Silent Link protect us from SIM swaps?
41:50 – Countries that require KYC for SIMs: is this a risk for them?
42:21 – Challenges of running this service
43:08 – How often can we switch eSIM to new phone?
45:10 – Services similar to Silent Link
45:17 – GrapheneOS: do we have to enable Google Services to use eSIM
46:44 – Efani
47:23 – Would Silent Link work in China?
48:11 – Longevity of Silent Link
48:44 – Silent Link recommends Specter DIY
49:16 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #SilentLink #ESim #PrivatePhone #Bitcoin #Monero
Episode 75 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – BTCPay with Nicolas Dorier: Non-Custodial Payment Processing
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.btcpayserver.org
→ Luna Node setup instructions (easiest way to set up BTCPay): https://youtu.be/oce_fvRdLLY
Other Links
→ https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/accepting-monero-via-btcpay-server (Monero BTCPay guide)
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
1:46 – Summary of BTCPay
3:23 – Nicolas Dorier’s famous tweet
5:35 – Bitcoin services’ movement toward custodial compliance
9:28 – How could BTCPay get shut down?
10:58 – Any KYC required to use BTCPay?
12:38 – Problem of BTCPay complexity
17:37 – Two ways to use BTCPay; vulnerabilities of running your own home node
19:40 – Quickest way to set up BTCPay
20:48 – Vulnerabilities of using BTCPay on Luna Server
23:15 – Reliance of BTCPay on VPS: a problem?
24:14 – How quick is BTCPay processing for customers?
26:45 – Legacy finance much worse at processing, if we’re being honest
27:58 – Privacy benefits of BTCPay; PayJoin
30:58 – How to handle customer funds
32:00 – Other options for collecting BTC donations
33:24 – Using a friend’s node to run BTCPay
34:35 – Biggest hurdles for Bitcoin to be used day-to-day
36:42 – What happens to data we collect from customers?
37:55 – BTCPay with WooCommerce and Shopify
39:20 – Customer returns
41:31 – How quick to set up BTCPay for Shopify
42:55 – BTCPay is a solution for censorship and legacy finance unreliability
45:43 – How sustainable is this free service?
47:30 – Collecting Monero using BTCPay
48:50 – Final thoughts
#WatchmanPrivacy #BTCPay #Bitcoin #NicolasDorier #BitcoinPrivacy
Episode 74 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – GrapheneOS with RoninMobile
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)
→ 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
1:54 – Types of phone privacy
3:58 – Why only now do we have decent private phone operating systems?
6:10 – GrapheneOS vs CalyxOS
10:20 – RoninMobile prices and countries available
12:48 – Is Ronin logo printed onto the RoninMobile phones?
14:40 – Does Pixel version matter?
15:48 – Wait… buy a Google phone?
17:50 – Why is it so difficult to have private phone service?
21:32 – How Gabriel uses a phone
22:57 – How important is it to get a new phone when pursuing phone privacy?
24:45 – What are iPhones and Android phones collecting about us?
26:47 – VOIP options
28:40 – Background of GrapheneOS
31:38 – Basic benefits of GrapheneOS
34:20 – Inconveniences of removing Google services
38:36 – Is Waze dysfunctional on GrapheneOS or just defeats the point of a privacy phone?
39:59 – F-Droid before Aurora Store
43:25 – Other little features of GrapheneOS
44:50 – RoninMobile
48:05 – Ronin concerned about getting shut down?
51:14 – Your own phone privacy practices
#WatchmanPrivacy #RoninDojo #GrapheneOS #RoninMobile #PhonePrivacy
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