166 - Security Through Obscurity: The Hidden Inca Empire
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 → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/el-dorado-cipher-kit/ 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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165 - Firefox: Goodbye, Old Friend
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 → 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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164 - Escaping the Health Insurance Scam
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 → https://privacypost.io/ (Dallas) → See two previous episodes with Dallas of PrivacyPost.io SOUTH DAKOTA NOMAD RESIDENCY: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/south-dakota-residency-definitive-guide/ 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 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
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163 - Craig Raw: Sparrow Wallet Post-Whirlpool
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 → https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy:1/SparrowWallet GUEST → https://www.sparrowwallet.com/ → https://x.com/craigraw → https://t.me/SparrowWallet NEW TO BITCOIN START HERE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product/bitcoin-self-sovereignty/ 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 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
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162 - Roger Huang: Decoding the Spiritual Void in Techno-Nationalist China
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Roger Huang about his insider views of the current political, moral, and technological soul and abilities of China. GUEST → https://x.com/Rogerh1991 → https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/ → https://chinabitcoinbook.com/ → https://www.amazon.com/Would-Mao-Hold-Bitcoin-Techno-Nationalist/dp/B0D7672L8X/r MENTIONED → https://www.amazon.com/Age-Ambition-Chasing-Fortune-Truth/dp/0374535272 (Age of Ambition) → https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/chinas-age-of-malaise → https://www.amazon.com/AI-Superpowers-China-Silicon-Valley/dp/132854639X → https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/13/confucius-comes-home → https://www.amazon.com/China-21st-Century-Everyone-Needs/dp/0190659084 → https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jeffrey-N.-Wasserstrom/author/B001IQWGPW → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wang_Yue → https://www.amazon.com/China-Ten-Words-Yu-Hua/dp/0307739791 → https://www.amazon.com/China-History-John-Keay/dp/0465025188 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 1:40 – 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
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