Notes from an Urban Hacker

Notes from an Urban Hacker

Episode 89 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Notes from an Urban Hacker

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Urban Hacker about a smattering of digital privacy topics: Tor versus VPNs, Kodi and digital media servers, Bitcoin and Monero, Samourai Wallet stack, sandboxing, phone privacy, and GrapheneOS.

Previous episodes with Urban Hacker on Tor
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbtN6wJqK1M
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Vpb3xVtEA

Mentioned
→ https://urbanhacker.net/bitcoin-dust-horizon/ (The Dust Horizon)
→ https://urbanhacker.net/badass-media-center-for-your-tv/ (Media server intro)

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 (Yes: I offer consulting)
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

CRYPTO DONATIONS
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

Timeline

0:00 – Beginning
0:42 – Tor versus VPNs
10:43 – What is Urban Hacker’s stack
12:25 – Using bitcoin on a daily basis
14:30 – Rolling physical dice for Bitcoin private keys
18:07 – What is Samourai Wallet Sentinel?
20:18 – Luke and Ocean Mining debacle
24:58 – Bitcoin and Monero and altcoin mining
26:09 – Bitcoin transaction cost depends on byte size, not amount of sats
29:07 – The Dust Horizon
31:09 – When do you use Bitcoin versus Monero?
31:22 – Private media servers, TVs, Kodi
36:48 – What is sandboxing? Also, GrapheneOS and phone privacy.
46:25 – Final thoughts from Urban Hacker

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