The Watchman Privacy Podcast

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

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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)

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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

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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

Torchlight Chat 1 with Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hernandez – discussing the bizarre assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

LINKS → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Fakhrizadeh → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrfDDrPOtlo (Vice Documentary) → https://www.thejc.com/news/world/truth-behind-killing-of-iran-scientist-dhrzqyei

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Dallas of PrivacyPost.io about all things South Dakota nomad residency. 

WATCH PREVIOUS EPISODE FIRST → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/PrivacyPost

GUEST LINKS → https://privacypost.io (more private option) → https://www.worldpost.io/ (more affordable option)

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 2:27 – The Third Party Doctrine 5:00 – Types of postal boxes and secondary addresses 9:15 – Insider info from the US mailing industry 12:20 – What is PrivacyPost.io 16:30 – What is a registered agent? 19:18 – Becoming a South Dakota nomad resident 23:30 – Using PrivacyPost to get nomad residency 26:20 – Does registering to vote sign you up for jury duty? 28:35 – Voting as a South Dakota nomad resident 29:40 – Car insurance as a South Dakota nomad resident 31:49 – Final thoughts on South Dakota 33:45 – WorldPost.io (new service) 38:50 – Portugal as entry to EU 42:55 – Using an EIN (TIN) in place of an SSN 44:10 – Corporate Transparency Act 46:30 – Final thoughts

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: [email protected] → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/?p=126 (A Comprehensive Guide to e-CNY/Digital Yuan)

WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:10 – Who is Roger Huang? 4:00 – Cultural Revolution and build-up to present China 13:25 – Is China a Socialist/Communist state? 19:17 – Understanding China’s currency situation 25:20 – How do visitors to China use Chinese currency? 29:10 – Is it okay for successful Chinese to leave China? 35:45 – Social credit score? 42:15 – Hukou system in China 45:55 – Chinese Bitcoiners vs Western Bitcoiners 56:25 – Final thoughts

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about the morality and usefulness of torrenting.

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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/watch?v=5urCqcsX0Tg

GUEST LINKS → https://jayantbhandari.com → https://twitter.com/JayantBhandari5 → https://capitalismandmorality.com/ → https://www.youtube.com/@CapitalismAndMorality

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 2:18 – Are libertarians politically correct about Third World countries? 4:30 – Biggest reservation about Bhandari’s ideas 10:18 – Megacities  15:50 – Sweatshops  21:05 – Indian CEOs in American tech companies 26:30 – What does the structure of the Hindi language say about Indians? 32:15 – Should Indians stop building bridges and roads? 39:48 – Rapid Fire Questions 41:10 – Jayant’s day spent with the nephew of Robert Mugabe 45:20 – Argentina 25 years from now 46:40 – El Salvador 48:00 – Japan as a non-immigration, non-refugee country 52:30 – Update on Jayant’s cancellation

#JayantBhandari #India #WatchmanPrivacy

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. 

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

TIMELINE 0:00 – Beginning 1:30 – Why back up? 5:10 – Tip 1: Organization is key 9:00 – Tip 2: Use encryption 12:40 – Tip 3: Redundancy  14:35 – Tip 4: Practice and rotation 17:18 – Tip 5: Self-hosting 20:20 – Tip 6: Find a good hiding place 24:50 – Tip 7: All of this applies (and then some) for seed phrases 27:30 – Tip 8: Expensive seed phrase backups are not necessarily the solution 30:30 – Tip 9: Stealth backups 33:40 – Tip 10: Protect against seed phrase theft

#Backups #WatchmanPrivacy #EscapeTheTechnocracy