# 212 - The Hated One: Privacy or Profit

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Podcast: [Escape the Technocracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/watchman-privacy-4507961)
Published: 2026-01-19T11:48:00+00:00
Episode link: https://watchmanprivacy.com/
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## Resource

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

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