This discussion was conducted on 18th May 2024 with Nick.By Jayant Bhandari

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with alternative cultural commentator Jayant Bhandari for a fifth time. 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 → Episode 84: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqOVbp0n9A → Episode 102: https://www.youtube.com/w…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Roger Huang about the past and present of China’s technological control over its people. His book is Would Mao Buy Bitcoin? GUEST LINKS → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/ → https://x.com/Rogerh1991 → Nostr: loki@verified-nostr.com → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/?p=126 (A Comprehensive Guide to e-CNY/Digital Yuan) WATCHMAN…

This discussion was conducted on 11th May 2024 on X Space with Christine.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 5th May 2024 on X Spaces with Tulips.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 20th April 2024 on X Space between Sanjay Garg, Dr. Madhusudan Raj, and Jayant Bhandari.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion on 19th April 2024 on X Space was between Adam Carswell of AnCap Radio, and me, Jayant Bhandari.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 13th April 2024 on X Space with Honeybadger.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 6th April 2024 on X Space with Sulemaan.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 31st March 2024 on X Space with Ren Masahir.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 23rd March 2024 on X Space with Sanjay Garg.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 17th March 2024 on X Space with my friend, Dr. Madhusudan Raj.By Jayant Bhandari

This discussion was conducted on 10th March 2024 on X Space with my American friend, Cherry, who has spent several extended periods of time in India in different locations.By Jayant Bhandari

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the morality and usefulness of torrenting. ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/rogue-transmissions/ WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7…

Gabriel Custodiet introduces and reads excerpts from his latest book: Privacy and Utopia: A History. Purchase Privacy and Utopia: A History → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/digitalmarket/ (e-book) →https://www.amazon.com/Privacy-Utopia-History-Gabriel-Custodiet/dp/B0D9D4XTYB (physical copy) (Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio)…

Episode 114 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Data Sovereignty and Backups Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the importance of offline backups along with ten tips on creating and protecting them in the best way possible. WATCHMAN PRIVACY → (NEW PRODUCT) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/underground-backup-kit/ → https://watchm…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Joe Doran of Trends Journal. They discuss the origins of Trends Journal and Gerald Celente, the basics of The Technocracy, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the questions about it that too few people are asking, and how AI will erase pseudonymity from the Internet. GUEST LINKS → https://www.amazon.com/stor…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Andrea Amico about the disturbing telematics of recent vehicles, including always-on microphones and invisible cameras that detect your emotions while driving: all of which have the ability to transmit data back to car manufacturers and other third parties. GUEST LINKS → https://privacy4cars.com/ → https://vehiclepriva…

Gabriel speaks with Seth for Privacy about Monero tactics that go beyond the basics. REFERENCED → Intro to Monero: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/IntroToMonero → https://monero.observer/ → https://www.monerotalk.live/ → https://github.com/deverickapollo/umbrel-monero → https://featherwallet.org/ GUEST LINKS → https://sethforprivacy.com/ → ht…

Gabriel and Urban Hacker unpack a recent article by Wired on a crypto theft and torture spree. REFERENCED → https://www.wired.com/story/crypto-home-invasion-crime-ring/ → https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanpriv…

Start your escape at https://escapethetechnocracy.com/By Gabriel Custodiet

Gabriel speaks with James Wilson of MyDataRemoval for a second time. They do a live test of how much information James can find on a person, and then discuss the disturbing nature and extent of people search websites, data brokers, and breach databases. GUESTS LINKS AND PREVIOUS EPISODE → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTFbBlTZbM (Episode 44) → h…

Gabriel speaks with Samourai Wallet insiders Max Tannahill and Diverter_NoKYC. They give an update on the Samourai Wallet arrest and its absurdity. They also discuss the post-arrest chilling effect, the compliance mindset that defines the current Bitcoin scene, and what the future of Bitcoin privacy is. Samourai Wallet Legal Fund Donations → https:…

Gabriel speaks with Paul Ashley of Anonyome Labs: creators of the VoIP service MySudo. The service is essential for privacy users: it allows you to have up to nine legitimate phone numbers organized in a handy app that is zero-knowledge encrypted. Guest Links → https://mysudo.com/ → https://twitter.com/MySudoApp Referenced → Michael Bazzell’s phone…

Gabriel speaks with Evgeny, the founder of Simplex Chat. Simplex is a recent and still-developing private messaging app with a slant toward privacy over convenience. Evgeny gives his critical thoughts on other private messengers, explains how privacy software can fund itself, exposes the myth of disappearing messages, and gets into some of the fine…

Tips for securing the popular FOSS website builder and service: WordPress. With Urban Hacker. WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7Hio…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the infamous XZ backdoor incident by which a key piece of software in the Linux kernel was nearly hijacked. The attacker spent four years slowly ingratiating himself into the small community, which had been selected precisely because it consisted of a single burned-out developer. Follow us as we unra…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Jessica Solce, a rising documentary-maker. They discuss her first documentary, No Control, on 3D printed guns and Cody Wilson. They then discuss her upcoming documentary on El Salvador and Nayib Bukele, and finally some thoughts on the documentary industry. Previous episode with Jessica Solce → Episod…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a fourth time with cultural analyst and philosopher Jayant Bhandari. Topics include magical thinking, civilization, Christianity in the Third World, and a tour of the world continent by continent. Previous episodes with Jayant Bhandari → Episode 46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O4E6387__U → Episode 77: https://www.y…

Gabriel Custodiet discusses alongside BitcoinQnA and Seth for Privacy the details surrounding the arrest of the Samourai Wallet developers. They then look at how we can protect our own Samourai Wallets in light of various seizures. They conclude by looking at the future of financial privacy. Samourai Link → https://freesamourai.com/ Guest Links → h…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with Viktor Viksei about the problems of the VPN industry, about how VPNs work, and about one of the few non-sellouts to privacy: IVPN. First episode with Viktor (Episode 39): https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/UncomfortableTruthsAboutVPNIndustry:5 Guest Links → https://twitter.com/vonthedock (Viktor Vi…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jack Rhysider, host of the fabulous Darknet Diaries podcast. They go behind the scenes of Jack’s work routine and aesthetic views. Jack shares the commonalities of his guests, details of his inner drive, his operational security, and his view of the future of cybersecurity. Guest Links →https://darknetdiaries.com/ →Pod…

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 (Yes: I offer consulting)…

Consultations here: https://watchmanprivacy.com/contact/By Gabriel Custodiet

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 …

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 Rosenbe…

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/Th…

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 Ta…

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ragnar Lifthrasir about the upcoming Bitcoin and Monero event: Finney Forum, and some other topics. Guest Links → https://finneyforum.com/ → https://ragnarly.com/media/ → https://twitter.com/RagnarLif WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https:…

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…

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 (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DO…

Gabriel Custodiet shares some of the best moments of 2023 from The Watchman Privacy Podcast. WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7Hioo…

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-V…

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” stoc…

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 ne…

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 P…

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, Nos…

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 Oat…

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…

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. G…