Watchman Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with John Robb, a futurist military analyst. They discuss his original book, Brave New World, and how thinking about modern warfare involves understanding how cultural movements and politics are shaped by viral moments and the scarcely predictable movements of "the network." Episode was recorded in late 2025. GUEST → https://johnrobb.substack.com/about → https://x.com/johnrobb → https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-War-Terrorism-Globalization/dp/0470261951 MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:45 – Guerrilla warfare as the way to understanding current events 4:45 – How us guerrilla warfare like open source software? 14:15 – How does the powerful force respond to guerrilla movements? 17:30 – What is "The Network" 27:20 – Mass SIM network found in New York City 33:10 – Other examples of dangerous military technology 41:00 – Race hustling 45:40 – Fake online content: how influential? 49:00 – AI futurism 57:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks Milan de Reede, co-creator of Nano-GPT.com, a pay-as-you-go AI aggregate service with certain privacy features. De Reede gives an update on NanoGPT and discusses some practical tips for using AI. GUEST → https://nano-gpt.com/ → https://x.com/milan_dereede → Previous episode (173): https://youtu.be/WhoB66PILfc MY AI PRIVACY COURSE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-bundle/ MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:30 – Main changes to Nano-GPT since April 2025 6:27 – Do you run your own open-source models? 9:05 – Video AI tips 14:20 – Various ways to access NanoGPT (via Cake Wallet, etc) 16:45 – Image AI 27:50 – Mostly absurdly expensive prompt Milan has ever seen 29:35 – Creative uses of AI 34:30 – AI and medical treatment 36:30 – AI sewage 38:50 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with well-known privacy YouTuber The Hated One. They discuss the difficulty of maintaining integrity while recommending privacy tools, the problem with Proton's expansion into other services, societal changes that would benefit privacy, cryptocurrencies, and current advances of surveillance. GUEST → https://www.youtube.com/@TheHatedOne → https://www.patreon.com/thehatedone → https://x.com/The_HatedOne_ WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 3:00 – Goal of starting The Hated One 5:30 – Struggle of creating privacy content 10:30 – Problems with Proton? 19:50 – Privacy affiliate and sponsor world 29:20 – Privacy companies The Hated One applauds 39:15 – What does a society that maximizes privacy look like? 49:30 – Bitcoin, Monero, Zcash 56:45 – How Luigi Mangione was tracked down 1:02:15 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Episode 211 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Naomi Brockwell: Nothing to Hide Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the long-time privacy instructor Naomi Brockwell about her origins, how to onboard normies to privacy, Flock cameras and private property, her updated thoughts on Bitcoin and crypto, and the mistakes parents make exposing their children online. GUEST → https://naomibrockwell.com/ → https://youtube.com/naomibrockwelltv → https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell → https://www.instagram.com/nbtv.media/ MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:50 – Choosing privacy as career path 6:12 – How to onboard normies 12:12 – The convenience of privacy tools 13:50 – Flock cameras – a private property conundrum? 22:15 – Thoughts on Apple ecosystem' 29:52 – Cool technology that Naomi Brockwell does not use 33:33 – Bitcoin 36:40 – Why Naomi doesn't talk about crypto often 42:40 – Parents exposing their children online 48:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of the trendsetting Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet. Keonne was inexplicably arrested in a violent and oppressive military-style raid of his property in April of 2024. He was charged with the bizarre accusation of conspiracy to run an unlicensed money transmitter despite never transmitting money. Keonne tells his story and explains how he has been condemned to prison and stripped of his constitutional rights. SUPPORT KEONNE AND BILL OF SAMOURAI WALLET (AND SIGN A PETITION FOR A PARDON) → https://billandkeonne.org/ MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – Why did Keonne Rodriguez decide to talk? 4:00 – Samourai Wallet was following all legal guidelines—why?? 5:50 – Keonne explains the oppressive military-style raid of his house 12:24 – What is 19 months of house arrest like? 17:30 – Southern District of New York 19:00 – Explanation for guilty plea 29:00 – BillAndKeonne.Org 32:45 – All developers are vulnerable: Monero, Bitcoin, etc. 35:20 – The creators of the tools are guilty – Soviet-Style tyranny 36:50 – P2P fund no longer the place to donate 37:40 – OXT and its future 39:20 – The judge and court experience 45:40 – Common misunderstandings 48:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html