149 - Torchlight Chat - The Corrupting Influence of Sponsors
Episode 149 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Torchlight Chat – The Corrupting Influence of Sponsors Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker talk about all the ways in which sponsorships and paid influence fully corrupt a content creator. GUEST → https://x.com/realUrbanHacker WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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148 - Joe Doran: Synthetic Devolution
Gabriel Custodiet speaks for a third time with Joe Doran of Trends Journal. Joe lays out his view of the present and future of artificial intelligence and other technocratic agendas as we begin 2025. GUEST → https://trendsjournal.com/ → https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00J9R7PHQ/allbooks (Joe Doran's books) WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) TIMELINE 0:00 - Beginning 2:10 - Response to Venice AI interview 6:25 - How would AI intellectual property laws work? 11:30 - Problems with the progress of AI 14:50 - What's really happening behind the scenes of AI development 18:50 - Favourite representations of AI in fiction 21:40 - Trends of 2025 26:30 - Smart cities 31:00 - Progress vs fulfillment Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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147 - Living Monero: AlaskaAnon
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the Monero proponent AlaskaAnon about how to live on monero to enhance freedom and get around the fascist banking system. They also discuss Alaska and some philosophical ideas pertaining to free living. GUEST → https://x.com/repeal19thUSA → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHd71cejcKU (another interview with Alaska) WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:20 – Origin of AlaskaAnon 5:15 – How do you measure a cryptocurrency’s success? 9:50 – How important is combating inflation? 16:30 – AlaskaAnon’s Monero stack 23:25 – How to be unbanked 34:23 – How to not maximally comply 46:50 – Why Alaska? 53:50 – Advanced monero topics Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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146 - TC - Monero Nodo: The Review
Gabriel Custodiet and Urban Hacker review the Monero Nodo: a new pre-built Monero node project with custom hardware and software. GUEST → https://x.com/realUrbanHacker LINKS → https://moneronodo.com/ → https://twitter.com/MoneroNodo → https://twitter.com/douglastuman → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/2024/12/15/monero-nodo-teardown/ WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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145 - Stack Duo: An Introduction from Its Creator
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Diego Salazar (rehrar) of Stack Wallet and Stack Duo (pared down Monero/Bitcoin version of Stack Wallet). Diego gives an introduction to the wallet and why it’s one of the very few Monero and Bitcoin wallets that you should be considering. GUEST → https://stackwallet.com/ (Stack Wallet is multi-coin; Stack Duo is Monero/Bitcoin) → https://twitter.com/stack_wallet → https://t.me/stackwallet (Telegram) WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC) Timeline 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Origins of Stack Wallet and Stack Duo 8:00 – Does running two wallets pose any problems? 14:50 – How does Stack fund itself? 20:12 – How do you run all your multi-coin nodes? 27:40 – Stack’s features and future 30:55 – PayNyms vs Silent Payments 36:00 – Is Diego afraid as a developer of self-custody wallets? 40:52 – What does Stack know about its users 42:35 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio