The Watchman Privacy Podcast Gabriel Custodiet
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We analyze the war on privacy and freedom in all its forms. Then we talk solutions.
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107 - MySudo: VoIP with Privacy Focus
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 -
106 - Simplex Chat Private Messenger
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
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
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 -
105 - How to Secure Your WordPress Website
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
Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→ https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
#WordPressSecurity #CyberSecurity #WatchmanPrivacy -
104 - XZ Backdoor: A FOSS Danger Story
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
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
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 -
103 - Jessica Solce: No Control
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
→ Episode 83: https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/DeathAthletic
Guest Links
→ Be a patron: https://www.deathathletic.com/contact
→ https://www.deathathletic.com
→ https://twitter.com/jessicasolce
→ https://www.encodeproductions.com (Solce's production company)
El Salvador article referenced
→ https://im1776.com/el-salvador-history/
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
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
Timeline
0:00 – Introduction
2:45 – No Control neutrality a mistake?
5:40 – What is Project Liberator?
7:24 – FFL license trolling
8:35 – NRA says 3D printed guns “anathema to guns”
10:00 – What is the neurosis that gun control people suffer from?
14:02 – What happens if you fail a federal gun background check?
15:02 – Weird state gun laws
16:08 – 3D printed guns internationally
19:15 – The problem of bullets
20:10 – Jessica’s interest in El Salvador
24:45 – Connection to Bitcoin?
28:05 – Vibe of El Salvador today
31:00 – Other thoughts on El Salvador
32:30 – Documentaries Jessica admires
40:50 – Final thoughts
#JessicaSolce #NoControlDeathAthletic #WatchmanPrivacy -
102 - Jayant Bhandari: The Civilizing Process
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.youtube.com/watch?v=2OgtTHzE_sk
→ Episode 84: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqOVbp0n9A
Guest Links
→ https://jayantbhandari.com (Use Chrome/Brave if Firefox not working)
→ https://twitter.com/JayantBhandari5
→ https://capitalismandmorality.com/ (as soon as May 25, 2024 in Calgary, Canada)
→ https://www.youtube.com/@CapitalismAndMorality
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
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
Timeline
0:00 – Introduction
1:38 – Influence of Ayn Rand
3:22 – What is magical thinking?
8:48 – Is the West really the only civilization...ever?
13:25 – What is Christianity in the Third World?
25:30 – Bhopal disaster
31:12 – Indian practice of sati
37:10 – Thoughts on VS Naipaul
39:40 – Indian hospital stories
42:20 – Stereotype that East Asians are not innovative
48:00 – China story
55:12 – What was the Arab Spring really about?
57:40 – Rapid Fire
59:30 – Thoughts on Africa
1:01:50 – Zimbabwe police story
1:02:35 – Witch doctors in Africa
1:05:00 – Update on the PIGS countries
1:07:00 – Jayant’s blueprint for colonization
1:08:00 – Final thoughts
#JayantBhandari #India #WatchmanPrivacy