The Watchman Privacy Podcast 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)
→ https://www.mydataremoval.com/
 
REFERENCED
→ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-company-onerep-com-founded-dozens-of-people-search-firms/
→ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/mozilla-drops-onerep-after-ceo-admits-to-running-people-search-networks/
 
WATCHMAN PRIVACY (INCLUDING CONSULTING)
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2
 
MONERO DONATION
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy
 
BITCOIN DONATION
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TIMELINE
0:00 – Introduction 
1:25 – Live test of people search database info
6:20 – How the data is used against you
8:10 – Self-replication of people search websites
12:10 – Additional danger of breach databases
15:30 – A crazy story
18:40 – Should non-Americans be concerned?
19:40 – Is this a “national security” risk?
23:20 – Where do our basic pieces of information exposure come from?
24:00 – PayPal is as bad as you think it is
25:25 – What is HaveIBeenPwned?
27:05 – What is the future of people search websites?
29:50 – Voter data is public?
30:30 – Bogus data as a strategy
32:40 – Basic info of MyDataRemoval.com
 
#MyDataRemoval #PeopleSearchDatabases #WatchmanPrivacy

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://www.p2prights.org/donate.html
 
Max Tannahill
→ Previous episode with Max: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/MaxTannahill:8
→ https://twitter.com/maxtannahill
 
Diverter_NoKYC
→ Previous episode with Diverter: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/DiverterNoKYC:9 (Episode 92)
→ https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC

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/hackproof
 
Monero Donation (supports the show)
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy
 
Bitcoin Donation (supports the show)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos
 
Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→ https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy 
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Timeline
0:00 – Introduction 
4:40 – Samourai Wallet update (June 10, 2024)
7:50 – Absurdity of allegations
13:00 – Observations about “Bitcoin community” reactions to SW arrest
20:40 – Preemptive shutdowns of Bitcoin and Monero services
24:05 – The Compliance Mindset
36:50 – The future of Bitcoin privacy
45:40 – Update on Bitcoin mining
48:15 – Max’s current Bitcoin tools
50:40 – Roman Sterligov and Bitcoin Fog
59:30 – Big topics in Bitcoin at the moment

#SamouraiWallet #BitcoinPrivacy #WatchmanPrivacy

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 privacy guide: https://inteltechniques.com/book7a.html
 
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/hackproof
 
Monero Donation (supports the show)
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy
 
Bitcoin Donation (supports the show)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos
 
Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy 
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Timeline
0:00 – Introduction 
1:00 – Phone privacy realism
2:50 – Available countries for MySudo
5:55 – Is VoIP the future of telephony?
9:16 – Is KYC coming for VoIP?
11:20 – Porting phone numbers to MySudo
12:10 – What info required to sign up for service?
13:30 – How to pay privately for MySudo (special instructions for GrapheneOS)
17:05 – What would MySudo give over with a search warrant?
18:10 – Where is data from MySudo stored?
22:10 – MySudo for PC
25:25 – Would KYC mandate affect current users?
26:25 – MySudo greatly reduces SIM swap risk
27:14 – You MUST back up your MySudo account
32:00 – Technical errors while using MySudo (VPN use)
36:45 – What can customer service see about us?
38:40 – Fewer robocalls with MySudo
39:13 – Email also baked into MySudo: sudomail
42:50 – Virtual credit cards
49:00 – MySudo browser
50:24 – Final thoughts
 
#MySudo #GrapheneOS #WatchmanPrivacy

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 finer details of how Simplex Chat has made different choices from its competitors. In particular Simplex gets rid of accounts altogether, allowing you to create as many “profiles” as you want that are localized to your device. The result is, as Evgeny says, Simplex knows nothing about its users.

Guest Links
→ https://simplex.chat/
→ https://twitter.com/simplexchat

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/hackproof
 
Monero Donation (supports the show)
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy
 
Bitcoin Donation (supports the show)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos
 
Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→ https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy 
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Timeline
0:00 - Introduction
1:23 – Do funding sources influence projects like Simplex?
9:45 – Evgeny’s thoughts on other private messaging apps
17:00 – Simplex Chat gets rid of the very idea of an account
20:00 – What does Simplex know about its users?
24:25 – Can we replicate Simplex profiles on other devices?
29:38 – Disappearing messages are security theater
34:00 – Why didn’t Simplex take the code base of Signal and build from it?
40:00 – Problems with UI and path forward
49:25 – Beginner tutorial for Simplex
52:50 – How can you fund a private messaging app?
56:35 – Final Thoughts
 
#SimplexChat #PrivateMessaging #WatchmanPrivacy

Tips for securing the popular FOSS website builder and service: WordPress. With Urban Hacker.

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/hackproof
 
Monero Donation (supports the show)
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy
 
Bitcoin Donation (supports the show)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos
 
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#WordPressSecurity #CyberSecurity #WatchmanPrivacy

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 unravel this bizarre and disturbing story of premeditated digital attack and what it means for free and open-source software and our own cybersecurity.
 
Mentioned
→https://urbanhacker.net/a-closer-look-at-the-social-engineering-behind-the-xz-backdoor-part-one/
→https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
 
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
→ 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
 
Bitcoin Donation (supports the show)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos
 
Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→ https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy 
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Timeline
0:00 – Introduction
2:25 – What is XZ Utils?
4:17 – How does GitHub work?
15:15 – Summary of XZ Utils backdoor incident
18:00 – Social engineering
21:00 – Technical implementation of the backdoor attack
28:00 – Potential consequences of this attempted attack
30:10 – How was it found?
33:00 – Does this expose a major weakness of FOSS?
38:25 – Similar supply chain cyber attacks
43:00 – Final thoughts
  #XZBackDoor #UrbanHacker #WatchmanPrivacy