Episodes

  • South Dakota Nomad Residency: The Definitive Guide (Video Course)

    South Dakota Nomad Residency: The Definitive Guide (Video Course)

    · Watchman Privacy

    https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/south-dakota-residency-definitive-guide/

  • 167 - Shadow Atlas: Offshore Banking, Crypto, Precious Metals

    167 - Shadow Atlas: Offshore Banking, Crypto, Precious Metals

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Martin of Asset Protection Advisers. This is a holistic discussion about how people, especially the wealthy, can practically protect their wealth and make use of every tool at their disposal: crypto, gold, US dollars, trusts, and international banking.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://assetprotectionadvisers.com/
    β†’ https://www.youtube.com/@ShadowofAtlas/videos


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:20 – Background of guest
    2:55 – World of asset protection is lacking
    6:50 – Gold is not available with cash in every country
    11:10 – Arnold Schwarzenegger detained entering Austria with expensive watch
    14:50 – Crypto is not an option for many scenarios
    18:20 – Countries antagonistic to crypto
    21:12 – Roger Ver
    23:50 – OTC market in crypto
    25:55 – Worldwide bank reporting
    30:05 – Northern Cyprus
    32:05 – Bank accounts around the world
    34:35 – How to think about trusts
    38:55 – Opinion on Latina America
    42:55 – Don’t underestimate US dollars
    47:30 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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  • 166 - Security Through Obscurity: The Hidden Inca Empire

    166 - Security Through Obscurity: The Hidden Inca Empire

    · Watchman Privacy

    The Incas are the undisputed champions of hiding. Their empire survived the unparalleled colonial might of the Spanish conquistadors for forty years. A mixture of strategic relocation, inventive guerrilla tactics, and their own form of encryption allowed them to survive twenty times as long as the Aztecs. One part of their strategy was the use of quipus, artistic string designs that contained hidden knowledge that to this day has not been deciphered. The mythical golden city of El Dorado, had it existed, could never have been found as long as the Incas guarded its location.


    EL DORADO CIPHER KIT
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/el-dorado-cipher-kit/

    GUEST
    β†’ https://x.com/realUrbanHacker

    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
    β†’ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)
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    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 165 - Firefox: Goodbye, Old Friend

    165 - Firefox: Goodbye, Old Friend

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban explain the nail in the coffin of Firefox: a recent stupid terms of a service that indicates Mozilla can do what they want with the data you generate on their browser.


    GUEST
    β†’ https://x.com/realUrbanHacker

    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 164 - Escaping the Health Insurance Scam

    164 - Escaping the Health Insurance Scam

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Dallas of PrivacyPost.io about alternatives to health insurance, especially as one steps away from the doom-loop mainstream thinking as a nomad.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://privacypost.io/ (Dallas)
    β†’ See two previous episodes with Dallas of PrivacyPost.io


    SOUTH DAKOTA NOMAD RESIDENCY: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/south-dakota-residency-definitive-guide/


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
    β†’ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)
    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:00 – Update on South Dakota residency and CMRA business
    6:15 – Dallas’ story waking up from the health insurance doom loop
    12:15 – Medical tourism
    22:30 – Language barrier
    25:15 – Paying in cash allows for medical privacy
    27:40 – Handling catastrophes
    32:45 – Healthshare Plans
    35:25 – Health insurance companies goal is not to pay
    39:05 – Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
    42:30 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 163 - Craig Raw: Sparrow Wallet Post-Whirlpool

    163 - Craig Raw: Sparrow Wallet Post-Whirlpool

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Sparrow Wallet creator Craig Raw about his Bitcoin-only wallet. Craig gives an update on his removal of Whirlpool, explains other new features of the wallet, and gives some perspective on Bitcoin wallet development, Lightning, and privacy on Bitcoin.

    PREVIOUS EPISODE
    β†’ https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/SparrowWallet

    GUEST
    β†’ https://www.sparrowwallet.com/
    β†’ https://x.com/craigraw
    β†’ https://t.me/SparrowWallet

    NEW TO BITCOIN START HERE
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    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
    β†’ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)
    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:20 – Craig’s thoughts on Whirlpool
    6:20 – Latest developments in Sparrow Wallet
    14:20 – New verify software feature within Sparrow
    17:25 – How do most people lose their bitcoin?
    20:35 – Good PC operational security
    23:50 – AnonChat Bot in Sparrow Telegram
    26:34 – Origin story of Sparrow Wallet
    28:56 – Craig’s thoughts on ordinals
    30:45 – Reasons Sparrow is not on mobile
    33:44 – How to have privacy on Bitcoin?
    37:00 – Wallet developer’s take on Lightning
    40:44 – Proper backup of Sparrow Wallet
    43:15 – Taproot
    45:35 – New PayNym scheme from Ashigaru
    46:55 – Bitcoin developments on the horizon
    50:30 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 162 - Roger Huang: Decoding the Spiritual Void in Techno-Nationalist China

    162 - Roger Huang: Decoding the Spiritual Void in Techno-Nationalist China

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Roger Huang about his insider views of the current political, moral, and technological soul and abilities of China.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://x.com/Rogerh1991
    β†’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/
    β†’ https://chinabitcoinbook.com/
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/Would-Mao-Hold-Bitcoin-Techno-Nationalist/dp/B0D7672L8X/r

    MENTIONED
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/Age-Ambition-Chasing-Fortune-Truth/dp/0374535272 (Age of Ambition)
    β†’ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/chinas-age-of-malaise
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/AI-Superpowers-China-Silicon-Valley/dp/132854639X
    β†’ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/13/confucius-comes-home
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/China-21st-Century-Everyone-Needs/dp/0190659084
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey-N.-Wasserstrom/author/B001IQWGPW
    β†’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/China-Ten-Words-Yu-Hua/dp/0307739791
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/China-History-John-Keay/dp/0465025188


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:40 – Guest background
    3:20 – What did China learn from the USSR?
    12:15 – China’s mass material rise in early 21st century
    22:20 – The spiritual void of China
    37:05 – The state of Hong Kong
    45:10 – Best privacy practices while visiting or living in China
    55:40 – DeepSeek
    1:11:30 – Book recommendations
    1:16:30 – Final thoughts

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 161 - The $1.5 Billion Ethereum Heist

    161 - The $1.5 Billion Ethereum Heist

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban explain the massive theft of Ethereum that happened in February of 2025 and what it means for the future of Ethereum.

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    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 160 - AI Geopolitics: DeepSeek, Stargate, Le Chat

    160 - AI Geopolitics: DeepSeek, Stargate, Le Chat

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    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban examine the new geopolitical order of Chinese, American, and European AI plans.

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    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 159 - The South Africa Situation with Ernst van Zyl

    159 - The South Africa Situation with Ernst van Zyl

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ernst J. van Zyl, head of public relations at Afriforum about the craziness in South Africa. They cover the recent events of Trump’s cutting off of aid to South Africa and the Expropriation Act, farm murders and tortures, international media cover-up, and the rank amorality that defines the government of the country.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://x.com/ConCaracal
    β†’ https://www.youtube.com/@ConsciousCaracal/videos
    β†’ https://afriforum.co.za/en/ (AfriForum)
    β†’Financially support AfriForum: https://sluit-aan.afriforum.co.za/en?campaign=RoepToepCMO&leadSource=600060509

    MENTIONED
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Boer-Government-Complicity-Africas/dp/0994715978 (Very informative, gruesome research on the topic of farm murders and tortures)
    β†’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expropriation_Act%2C_2024


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:00 – South African decline since Nelson Mandela
    13:20 – Trump cuts off foreign aid to South Africa
    18:40 – Leaving South Africa is not an option for Afrikaners, nor should they have to
    28:30 – Parallels with Rhodesia
    34:30 – Farmer attacks and tortures; international media cover-up
    45:40 – Boycott an option?
    47:48 – Other problems in South Africa
    51:20 – Final thoughts

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 158 - The Corrupted Blood Incident

    158 - The Corrupted Blood Incident

    · Watchman Privacy

    In September 2005 something happened in Irvine, California that would change the world, forever. Digitally.

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 157 - Soviet Economics with Peter Boettke

    157 - Soviet Economics with Peter Boettke

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with economist Peter Boettke about the details surrounding the Soviet economy that Lenin, and then Stalin, attempted to create in their utopian hubris.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://www.peter-boettke.com/
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Peter-J.-Boettke/author/B001IQWMUQ
    β†’ Main book discussed: The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: the Formative Years, 1918-1928
    β†’ https://www.realitiesofsocialism.org/

    MENTIONED
    β†’ https://www.clara-elizabeth.com/ (Fertility gap and economic freedom)
    β†’ To the Finland Station
    β†’ Ten Days that Shook the World

    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    2:00 – What were the first things Lenin did?
    7:00 – Did the Soviet economy work initially?
    20:35 – Shortage economies
    22:15 – Removing sex roles affects Soviet economy?
    27:10 – Did the USSR have its own military-industrial complex?
    28:30 – Any interesting statistics come out of USSR?
    32:35 – Did Trofim Lysenko kill 55 million people?
    35:50 – Did the US fight on the wrong side during WWII?
    37:35 – Why is von Mises so important?
    44:00 – Is economics itself the problem?
    51:45 – Poland and Estonia

    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 156 - The Unexpected Rise of GPUs

    156 - The Unexpected Rise of GPUs

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker talk about the ascent of Nvidia Corporation, AI and GPU clusters, and go into some details about the ever-useful and unusual technology of graphics cards.

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    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 155 - Tom DiLorenzo: Lincoln Unmasked

    155 - Tom DiLorenzo: Lincoln Unmasked

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with historian Tom DiLorenzo about his efforts to expose Abraham Lincoln. Pushing against the soft β€œsaint-like” treatment that historians have granted Lincoln, DiLorenzo exposes Lincoln’s totalitarian tendencies, his contribution to the birth of American fiat currency, his war crimes, among other reasons to have disdain for the lauded president. Ultimately DiLorenzo explains how court historians can twist our understanding of history, use this twisting to advance the ends of the status quo, and themselves alter the course of history.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-J.-DiLorenzo/author/B001IGOF0Q
    β†’ https://mises.org/profile/thomas-j-dilorenzo
    β†’ https://www.lewrockwell.com/author/thomas-dilorenzo


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/


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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:23 – Problem with the phrase β€œCivil War”
    3:25 – Myth of slavery motivations of War Between the States
    6:50 – Alexis de Tocqueville said problem of race was worse in the North
    11:30 – War crimes and scorched earth of the Union army
    15:50 – Secession a perfectly American phenomenon
    20:30 – Most outrageous attacks against DiLorenzo for attacking the Lincoln Cult
    25:30 – How can freedom-seekers how to counter the will to power?
    28:10 – How to NOT be a court historian
    31:10 – Examples of anti-court historians
    32:15 – How to define a β€œYankee”
    34:10 – Rapid fire
    36:20 – Who benefits from inflation?
    37:20 – Did Lincoln ultimately win in more ways than one?
    38:00 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • HACKproof 2.0 Video Course

    HACKproof 2.0 Video Course

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker explain their new course, a cybersecurity tutorial series called HACKproof 2.0

    PURCHASE HACKPROOF 2.0 HERE
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/hackproof/

  • 154 - How to Evade SIM Swap Attacks

    154 - How to Evade SIM Swap Attacks

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker talk about the serious cybersecurity attack called "SIM swapping" and how to escape it.

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    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/how-to-evade-sim-swap-scams/

    GUEST
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    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 153 - Max Tannahill: Bitcoin with the Death Penalty

    153 - Max Tannahill: Bitcoin with the Death Penalty

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, experienced in-the-trenches Bitcoin and Monero user, about an assortment of topics: Ross Ulbricht, Samourai Wallet, the β€œhijacking” of Bitcoin, the Bitcoin β€œpodconf” phenomenon, PayNym vs Silent Payments, what Monero maxis get wrong, and the crypto scene in Singapore.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://twitter.com/maxtannahill
    β†’ https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/MaxTannahill (Previous episode)

    SAMOURAI WALLET LEGAL DEFENSE FUND DONATIONS
    β†’ https://www.p2prights.org/donate.html

    ASHIGARU WALLET LINKS
    β†’ http://ashigaruprvm4u263aoj6wxnipc4jrhb2avjll4nnk255jkdmj2obqqd.onion/download/
    β†’ https://ashigaru.rs/
    β†’ https://ashigaru.rs/news/

    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
    β†’ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)
    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
    β†’ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

    TIMELINE
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:30 – Ross Ulbricht and what next
    5:55 – Update on Samourai Wallet
    9:08 – The β€œhijacking” of Bitcoin
    19:10 – Roger Ver under attack
    20:00 – Thoughts on Ashigaru Wallet
    25:05 – Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
    26:55 – How many β€œBitcoiners” actually use bitcoin?
    27:15 – The worst advocates of Bitcoin
    35:30 – Lies About Bitcoin book doomed to fail
    28:50 – What would Max like to see Trump do for crypto
    44:25 – PayNym vs Silent Payments
    51:20 – What do Monero maximalists get wrong?
    58:30 – What are the dumbest things you hear about Bitcoin privacy?
    1:02:40 – Swaps services and atomic swaps
    1:08:20 – Crypto scene in Singapore
    1:12:30 – Singapore politics
    1:16:00 – The UK dystopian moment
    1:22:15 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • 152 - Emmanuel Maggiori: False Promises of AI and Silicon Valley

    152 - Emmanuel Maggiori: False Promises of AI and Silicon Valley

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Emmanuel Maggiori, author of several books on artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley. Specifically, Maggiori speaks on the disappointments of these over-hyped industries, the crazy over-funding, and the simultaneous culture of workers who have nothing to do. The discussion also veers toward AI and the reasons why AI in its current form has limited benefits, many unsolvable flaws, and will not match the hype attached to it: not even close.

    GUEST
    β†’ https://emaggiori.com/
    β†’ https://www.amazon.com/stores/Emmanuel-Maggiori/author/B08Q468YQ4


    WATCHMAN PRIVACY
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    β†’ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
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    β†’https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)


    Timeline
    00:00 – Introduction
    1:30 – Guest background
    3:25 – SiliCONned: the waste of capital in tech investment
    18:25 – The failures of VC funding
    21:00 – Culture of no work at tech companies
    29:00 – Reckoning coming to Big Tech
    30:30 – Smart Until It’s Dumb: the inherent limitations of machine learning
    38:30 – Data sets make AI much more inefficient than most people realise
    41:45 – How to trick AI
    45:10 – How can locally hosted LLMs store so much in so little space?
    49:35 – Explaining Nvidia's DLSS
    55:00 – How marketing exaggerates AI
    1:01:00 – Rapid fire questions
    1:03:06 – Can digital things act like human brains?
    1:08:00 – Final thoughts


    Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

  • Ross Ulbricht Pardoned

    Ross Ulbricht Pardoned

    · Watchman Privacy

    Paul Rosenberg, who was at the trial of Ross Ulbricht, shares some thoughts from previous episodes of Watchman Privacy.

    Ross Ulbricht was pardoned by President Donald Trump on January 22, 2025.

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  • 151 - VPN Discrimination

    151 - VPN Discrimination

    · Watchman Privacy

    Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker talk about VPN discrimination: how companies delay, deny, defend blocking your access to their service, even as a paid customer, if you use a privacy-preserving technology like virtual private networks.

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