Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Seth for Privacy: privacy advocate and VP of Cake Wallet. They discuss a number of topics on Monero’s 11th anniversary.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:45 – Cake Wallet 6:03 – Latest news in Monero 12:10 – Monero de-listings in 2024 and 2025 so far 15:40 – Monero wallet marketplace is lacking 22:30 – Why don’t privacy influencers talk about Monero? 26:25 – Monero syncing issues 30:20 – Full-chain membership proofs = white elephant project? 39:30 – The infamous chain surveillance video of tracking Monero 45:15 – The danger of Monero spam attack 51:00 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Steven Harris, an engineer, prepper, manufacturing consultant and author. Harris covers a broad range of topics from his vantage of High Speed Mentality.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Guest background 3:00 – Combat simulation 6:55 – High Speed Mentality 17:55 – What makes manufacturers fail 23:15 – Basic prepping 56:15 – Privacy erosion 1:10:15 – Ring doorbell is the “killer app” for ending privacy 1:24:00 – Steven Harris’ approach to privacy and convenience 1:34:20 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Milan Dereede of NanoGPT. The website allows you to access hundreds of popular AI services without creating an account, with an affordable pay-per-prompt service, and with some privacy benefits. Milan explains the details of the service as well as giving some reflections on practical AI use from a hardcore user.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:45 – Origins of NanoGPT 4:50 – Benefits of NanoGPT 8:42 – Pay-per-prompt system 11:30 – Are the expensive models that great? 13:30 – Any models you don’t have? 15:00 – Ownership while using NanoGPT 16:40 – NanoGPT privacy policy 19:15 – Account vs non-account 21:30 – Missing features of AI services in NanoGPT 25:05 – Overall privacy abuses by AI companies 26:55 – Needle in a haystack privacy  29:00 – Best coding model 31:30 – Cultural differences in AI models 33:50 – AI censorship 38:00 – Favorite text and image models 40:30 – API abuse  42:35 – Video model issues 44:45 – Encrypted sync (in the works) 46:00 – Thoughts on private accounts 49:00 – Nano cryptocurrency 50:55 – Models offline by default 52:40 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

2B2T is the oldest anarchy server in the best-selling video game of all time: Minecraft. Just be careful staring into the abyss...

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a second time with James Wesley, Rawles, creator of the Survival Blog. They discuss hyperinflation, guns, how to prevent future civilizational collapse, pre-1899 firearms, Rhodesia and the Portuguese Colonial War, Robert Heinlein, and political philosophy.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:30 – Rawles’ views of the threats facing the world today 2:55 – Tariffs ever a good idea? 4:50 – Weapons of war that Rawles fears 6:08 – What are the economic indicators Rawles looks at? 8:00 – How would people react in a hyper-inflationary event? 11:30 – US dollar is the best leper in the leper colony 13:03 – How to stave off societal collapse in the future 15:20 – Revolver vs semi-automatic 18:05 – Pre-1899 guns 25:05 – Constitutional carry vs. carry permit 27:55 – Consequences of traditional gun purchase with background check 29:30 – Fall of Spanish Empire comparisons to declining USA 32:40 – Rawles’ thoughts on Portuguese Colonial War and Rhodesia 37:00 – Robert Heinlein 38:30 – Marbury v. Madison 40:30 – Individualism vs military hierarchy 43:45 – Rapid Fire Questions 44:55 – How important is belief in God in morality? 45:55 – Some favorite prepping tools 48:11 – Final Thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Episode 170 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Torchlight Chat – The Enigma Machine: Hiding in the Open

The Enigma Machine was significant in how it changed the conversation about how to protect information. Gabriel and Urban discuss the differences and tradeoffs of encryption and steganography, and why hiding in plain sight is an important option for security.

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mark Knapp, a firearms lawyer, about how to think about self-defense from a practical and legal perspective.

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TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Background of Mark Knapp 4:15 – What gun owners are up against 6:15 – Absurd gun convictions 8:30 – How the self-defense legal process play out 12:30 – Variability state-by-state 15:45 – No middle ground in self-defense case? 17:30 – Self-defense outside of the USA 18:20 – How to prepare for self-defense scenario 24:50 – Lawyers and organizations 28:10 – Does the gun itself affect the prosecution? 31:15 – How much trouble for just pointing gun at someone? 34:05 – TASER and stun gun 35:50 – Cost of defending yourself 38:45 – Transporting gun in vehicle 42:30 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Dwarf Fortress is one of the most important video games, not the least of which because it doesn't hold your hand, and doesn't follow the Cult of Safety.

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