Watchman Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Kevin of Altair Tech: a shop in the US that sells home mining equipment, including devices they themselves have created. Altair Tech might be the solution that home miners have been looking for.   PREVIOUS BITCOIN MINING EPISODES (START HERE IF NEW) → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/EconoAlchemistBitcoinMiningPrivacy → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/DiverterNoKYC   GUEST → https://altairtech.io/ → https://x.com/btctwatterpants (Kevin, the speaker) → https://altairtech.io/blog/ → https://x.com/altair_tech → https://altairtech.io/product/urlacher/ WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:20 – How Altair Tech solves problems of Bitcoin home mining 7:40 – The Urlacher  11:25 – The Bitaxe 12:45 – Estimates of profits from home miners (check also at 32:22) 14:50 – Highest end models 16:00 – Kevin’s lessons from home mining 20:00 – Choosing a mining pool 22:30 – Privacy while mining 23:45 – Common mistakes 25:00 – Space heater miners 26:08 – The Bitaxe phenomenon  27:50 – Future of home mining 28:30 – Big self-mining operations 30:00 – Shipping time, etc. 32:22 – Estimates of profits from home miners 38:00 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Will Freeman about the prevalence of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and his solution: Deflock, which maps these anti-American tools across the globe.    GUEST → https://deflock.me/ → https://github.com/frillweeman/deflock → https://www.404media.co/the-open-source-project-deflock-is-mapping-license-plate-surveillance-cameras-all-over-the-world/ WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Erik Voorhees of Venice AI. They discuss how Venice takes a different approach to the Big Tech AI options: namely, it does not have access to your prompts, and it does not censor them. Along the way they discuss how surveillance and censorship manifests in the paternalistic AI industry, the future of open-source AI models, the IP question of AI, and why regulating AI might have unintended side effects.   GUEST → https://x.com/ErikVoorhees → https://venice.ai/ → https://x.com/askvenice → https://moneyandstate.com/blog/the-separation-of-mind-and-state (explanation of project) WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 3:27 – Privacy-invasion of Big Tech AI companies 6:50 – How does Venice AI give the user privacy? 9:55 – How long will non-account service last? 10:25 – What does Venice (the city/concept) have to do with anything? 11:40 – How do open-source models work in AI? 16:50 – Phone version of AI (not app store version) 18:05 – Censorship within AI 24:42 – Uncensoring AI makes it faster and better 25:55 – Other uncensored AI companies 27:10 – Making AI “safe” 30:30 – IP question of AI 34:45 – Who owns the creation of AI tools? 35:10 – Any red lines where AI should be “regulated”? 37:20 – Does Venice have any access to our prompts? 38:15 – Venice AI vs self-hosted models 39:40 – Would Venice ever train their own AI model? 40:25 – Final thoughts

Gabriel and Urban discuss their recent free course on contributing to Tor. The course can be found at: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/running-a-tor-relay-video-course/   Guest Twitter: https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   Free course on Tor: https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/running-a-tor-relay-video-course/   PREVIOUS TOR EPISODES MENTIONED → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/TorPartI → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/TorPartII   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent cyberattack against The Internet Archive, details about how the company and its services function, and some thoughts about how we can start backing up the Internet ourselves.   Guest Twitter: https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   Harddrive image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive#/media/File:Incoming_additional_storage_at_Internet_Archive.jpg   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

A discussion of cults and how they operate: including Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple, Aum Shinrikyo, Heaven’s Gate, and OneCoin   Guest Twitter: https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mike of Parallel Systems about the benefits of owning your own boat, of living in Poland to prepare for economic collapse, and of owning strategic denominations and versions of gold and silver. Mike also explains The Great Taking and his contrarian take on Javier Milei.   GUEST → https://parallelmike.com/ → https://parallelsystems.substack.com/ → https://rumble.com/ParallelSystems → Podcast: Parallel Mike Podcast → Coins of the realm episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLUy08kMhCQ   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:24 – Father is a well-known British gangster 8:10 – Why is Poland the place to await economic collapse? 13:20 – How to own a boat 20:52 – The Great Taking 26:22 – Reading list: the corrupt monetary system 30:03 – Recommendations for gold and silver 40:04 – Is Javier Milei anti-establishment? 45:10 – Final thoughts

Bitcoin Self-Sovereignty Course now available at https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/bitcoin-self-sovereignty/    WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Shane/Rayo2 of the Vonu Podcast. They discuss a variety of topics regarding becoming invulnerable to coercion and escaping the servile society. Such strategies include unjobbing, living in a van or a shipping container, escaping to Mexico, and developing a homestead. Gabriel gets Shane’s thoughts on the recent 3D printed gun drama, Samourai Wallet, and self-sufficiency. His show is the Vonu Podcast.   GUEST → https://vonupodcast.com/ → https://libertyunderattack.com/ → https://paznia.com/   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:37 – What is Vonu? 5:23 – Unjobbing 9:30 – Living in a Van 12:40 – Police interactions 15:05 – Mexico an anarchist paradise? 18:30 – Living in a shipping container 20:05 – Thoughts on 3D printed gun drama 22:25 – Shane’s views on Samourai Wallet 25:10 – Developing a homestead and producing one’s own food 29:35 – Other important aspects of self-sufficiency 32:00 – What is P.A.Z.NIA? 36:20 – How to organize anarchists? 39:15 – Final thoughts

Why yes… yes they are.   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Image Credit →https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   Music Credit →"NewHOfTechnology - Soft Corporate" is under a Free To Use YouTube license    / ewfechnolohy - Music powered by BreakingCopyright

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Morgan Lerette, a former mercenary with the private military company Blackwater in Iraq. They discuss the mechanics and geopolitics of PMCs.   GUEST → https://x.com/BlackwaterDude1 (Morgan Lerette on Twitter) → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7P83DL6 (Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq)   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – How do people react to your former occupation? 3:00 – Fallujah  3:50 – Relation to higher-ups at Blackwater 5:50 – Blackwater enticements 8:00 – Blackwater world-class facilities 11:12 – Diplomatic immunity 16:25 – Any personal consequences of being a mercenary? 17:30 – Do PMC employees have to be of the same country of origin as the company? 20:10 – Lerette’s big picture views of PMCs as their role in the world 23:50 – Rapid Fire 25:00 – High suicide rates for mercenaries 25:55 – Utopian view of PMC proponents 29:10 – Mistaken reasons to be in Iraq and Afghanistan; culture ignorance 33:40 – Origins of human violence 38:00 – Equipment as a mercenary 42:10 – How to run your own PMC 44:00 – Getting mind ready for daily conflict 46:05 – Mercenaries vs traditional military 50:00 – Reflections from military intelligence 54:00 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain PGP and how to use it.   GUEST → https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Origins of encryption 5:10 – Ways we use PGP without knowing 8:50 – Why should someone get into PGP? 11:05 – Using PGP for authentication 17:50 – How can people start making use of PGP? 22:10 – Do we really need PGP today? 27:10 – How to get a PGP key: Kleopatra or Protonmail 31:52 – Downsides of generating PGP key from Protonmail 37:45 – How Signal takes takes encryption to the next level 48:20 – Final thoughts

Discussion of the Lebanon and Syria pager explosions of September 2024.   Guest Twitter: https://x.com/realUrbanHacker   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

I discuss the privacy legend Michael Bazzell and why he is still the standard.   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

In this Torchlight Chat Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent released of a Samourai Wallet fork, Ashigaru Wallet: and what steps it takes to vet this kind of software.   ASHIGARU WALLET LINKS → http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/download/ → https://ashigaru.rs/ → https://ashigaru.rs/news/   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the legendary Barry Reid of Paper Trip fame. They discuss Barry Reid’s latest Paper Trip (Paper Trip 5) about setting up a DBA to have a convenient business identity to become an independent contractor with separation from one’s personal identity.   PREVIOUS EPISODE → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/barryreid   GUEST LINKS → https://edenpress.com/   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:40 – Origins of Paper Trip in Vietnam War 8:40 – Were the hippies really anti-establishment? 11:05 – How did the original Paper Trip work? 12:45 – Name change has always been acceptable in common law tradition 14:55 – What does “defrauding” mean? 18:10 – What is the REAL ID Act? 20:45 – Which Paper Trips should one buy? 22:20 – What is a DBA? 26:30 – How to remember your new name 27:50 – Picking Barry’s brain about IDs without one’s birth name 31:50 – Do you do consulting? (No) 32:30 – Barry’s underlying philosophy 35:00 – Existentialism question 38:00 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Nick of the YouTube channel The Linux Experiment. They discuss a variety of Linux topics: Apple compatibility, the “problem” with Linux packages, choosing hardware best optimized for Linux, Wayland, Linux kernel “bloat,” criticism of Mozilla, Arch Linux, and how to game on Linux computers.   PREVIOUS EPISODE → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/LinuxExperiment   GUEST LINKS → https://www.youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP → https://mastodon.social/web/@thelinuxEXP   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:40 – Where is Microsoft headed? 4:55 – Apple computers vs Linux 8:40 – The “Problem” with Linux packages (downloading programs) 14:05 – Flatpak “not verified” 17:30 – Scenario: finding the best version of a program such as a crypto wallet 19:55 – Going beyond Linux Mint 23:20 – Choosing best hardware for driver compatibility  27:50 – Problems with Linux-specific laptop companies 31:10 – Linux kernel has increased by 2700x lines of code since inception 33:35 – What is Wayland? 38:50 – Thoughts on Mozilla? 44:20 – Thoughts on tablets 47:20 – Gauging France’s temperature on FOSS, privacy, etc. 51:45 – Nick’s audience’s preferred distro (Arch Linux) 54:00 – Linux gaming 101 59:10 – Final thoughts

LINKS → https://web.archive.org/web/20240826161448/https://www.tribunal-de-paris.justice.fr/sites/default/files/2024-08/2024-08-26%20-%20CP%20TELEGRAM%20.pdf (Durov Indictment) WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio  

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Joel Skousen who consults and builds security and privacy shelters. GUEST LINKS → https://joelskousen.com → https://worldaffairsbrief.com/ → https://joelskousen.com/high-security-shelter   WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/   CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio   Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:55 – Joel Skousen’s consulting 3:40 – What’s the most basic way to get a high security shelter? 6:00 – How to determine if your property can handle a basement 6:50 – Most elaborate shelters Joel has designed 9:00 – How difficult is it to dig out a new basement? 10:10 – Non-basement shelters 12:55 – Shelters outside the USA 14:40 – How to build a shelter without anyone knowing 18:55 – Secret compartments in vehicles 19:20 – Best secure home techniques 23:30 – South Africa stories 25:10 – Famous compounds (Putin and Zuckerberg) 28:00 – Fighting vs. fleeing 30:35 – Strategic relocation: common mistakes 33:55 – Security systems: privacy concerns 36:30 – 100% chance of nuclear strike in USA in next 10 years 42:26 – Final thoughts