The Watchman Privacy Podcast Gabriel Custodiet

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

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

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

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

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

Gabriel Custodiet discusses alongside BitcoinQnA and Seth for Privacy the details surrounding the arrest of the Samourai Wallet developers. They then look at how we can protect our own Samourai Wallets in light of various seizures. They conclude by looking at the future of financial privacy.
 
Samourai Link
→ https://freesamourai.com/
 
Guest Links
→ https://twitter.com/BitcoinQ_A
→ https://bitcoiner.guide/
→ https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy
→ https://sethforprivacy.com/
→ https://foundationdevices.com/

 
Resources
→ https://freedom.tech/samourai-to-sparrow/
→ https://twitter.com/L0laL33tz (posting a lot about Samourai Wallet arrest)
 
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
 
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
5:15 – Summary of allegations against Samourai Wallet
18:30 – Couldn’t any Bitcoin wallet be an “unlicensed money transmission business”?
22:00 – Unclear language of DoJ statement
27:24 – Any good things that can come out of trial?
31:40 – How to support Samourai and TdevD
32:45 – What should Samourai Wallet users do?
42:21 – The future of Samourai Wallet’s code and technologies
46:00 – Alternatives to Samourai Wallet
51:32 – The bigger picture
56:50 – Final thoughts
#SamouraiWallet #FreeSamourai #WatchmanPrivacy