Escape the Technocracy

Hosted by Gabriel Custodiet

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Escape the Technocracy is a techno-adventure show on privacy tactics and evading technological tyranny.

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October 16, 202643 min

Digital Bunker: Self-Host, Cancelproof, Archive

BUY DIGITAL BUNKER COURSE HERE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/cancelproof-off-grid-digital-bunker/

October 11, 202644 min

238 - Tortured for KYC Crypto

WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

October 4, 202657 min

237 - MySudo VoIP

Gabriel speaks with Paul Ashley of Anonyome Labs: creators of the VoIP service MySudo. The service is essential for privacy users: it allows you to have up to nine legitimate phone numbers organized in one handy app, with various privacy features. GUEST → https://mysudo.com → https://twitter.com/MySudoApp WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

September 29, 202657 min

236 - Jon Padfield: The Problem of Flock Cameras

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jon Padfield of Business Reform, a YouTube channel performing excellent investigations on the Flock camera phenomenon and other troubling surveillance topics afflicting modern America. GUEST → https://www.youtube.com/@businessreform → https://www.x.com/Dr_Jon_Padfield → https://brushfirestour.com/ FLOCK CAMERA SURVEILLANCE → https://flocksurveillance.org/ LINUX COURSE WITH JON → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/introduction-to-linux/ WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Guest background 8:40 – Explaining the Flock camera phenomenon 19:10 – Who has access to Flock data? 26:10 – Can Flock connect license plate to name? 33:50 – Police surveillance 47:18 – Solution for Flock cameras 55:45 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

September 20, 202654 min

235 - Amanda Orson: Privacy and Homesteading

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Amanda Orson, privacy enthusiast who has successfully executed a full privacy reboot, been involved in the original Net Nanny software, founded an AI company, and has decided to pursue offgrid homesteading. GUEST → https://x.com/amandaorson WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – Amanda's background 4:15 – Privacy reboot 9:05 – Real estate agent surveillance power 11:30 – Privacy reboot continued 22:02 – Comcast WiFi surveillance 22:50 – Future of surveillance 25:40 – Is there a point to privacy? 30:20 – Homesteading basics 38:00 – Amanda's recommended resources 39:25 – Net Nanny origins and problems 44:35 – Creating an AI company 48:00 – Situational awareness 52:10 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

September 13, 202649 min

Outlast the Upcoming Cyber 9/11

September 6, 202652 min

234 - Silent Link: Anonymous eSIM Service

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with the admin of Silent Link, a privacy-first mobile service that operates entirely without KYC. The admin explains how foreign eSIMs keep you in permanent roaming mode, making it significantly harder for local carriers and adversaries to track your location or intercept your communications. They discuss the surveillance risks of traditional phone service—from SIM toolkit attacks to voice fingerprinting—and why paying in Bitcoin, Lightning, or Monero is crucial for severing identity and phone number. The admin also addresses the service's limitations: no outgoing calls or texts, the impossibility of true phone number ownership, and why this is still a massive improvement over anything Verizon or AT&T will ever offer you. GUEST → https://silent.link → https://x.com/silentlink1 WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

August 28, 202631 min

Internet Anywhere Debriefing

BUY INTERNET ANYWHERE HERE → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product-internet-anywhere ANY QUESTIONS ASKED BY CUSTOMERS BEFORE SEP 11 WILL BE ANSWERED IN A FOLLOW-UP MODULE

August 23, 20262 hr 4 min

233 - Jerm Warfare: The Battle of Ideas

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Jeremy "Jerm" Nell of the show Jerm Warfare. They discuss his widespread cancellation online and an extended trip to China with some deep and contrarian thoughts on the country: how bad the Chinese Technocracy is and whether it actually works for the Chinese. Also living in South Africa, and his favorite topic: alternative health. GUEST → https://www.jermwarfare.com → https://x.com/realjermwarfare → https://t.me/jermwarfare 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 1:30 – Jeremy background 10:45 – Cancellation story 20:20 – Jerm's privacy journey 27:30 – Search engine tips 39:30 – Jerm's trip to China 1:21:00 – South Africa 1:37:00 – Free speech in South Africa 1:43:00 – Alternative health knowledge 1:54:00 – UFC and MMA 1:57:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio