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The Watchman Guide to Privacy: Reclaim Your Digital, Financial, and Lifestyle Freedom Kindle Edition

by Gabriel Custodiet (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
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Your privacy is your business.

Welcome to the complete introduction to privacy from someone who has lived this life for many years. Gabriel Custodiet (host of The Watchman Privacy Podcast) guides you step-by-step through each dimension of private living while giving hundreds of real examples why privacy is the most important thing one can preserve. This 80,000-word regularly-updated book is the single best resource for anyone starting or continuing their privacy journey.

You’ll learn solutions for:

  • Digital privacy and cybersecurity
  • Physical privacy
  • Using a mobile phone anonymously
  • Financial privacy
  • Making encryption part of your life
  • Preventing identity theft
  • Buying and using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin privately
  • Basic asset protection
  • Staying protected from Cancel Culture and censorship
  • Self-employment and self-sufficiency
  • Medical and health privacy
  • International living
  • Understanding the history of privacy and the “right to privacy”
  • And everything in between


Unlike other privacy books/podcasts/channels, the Watchman Guide looks beyond the digital world to cover all aspects of your privacy journey. More than this, it assumes minimal prior knowledge. It is essential reading for anyone who feels vulnerable amid the tightening grip of surveillance and control. Don’t be controlled. Take back what’s yours—before it’s too late.

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We're living in dark times for privacy and freedom. The Watchman Guide to Privacy is a practical and philosophical schematic that lights the way. It assumes minimal prior knowledge as it walks you through the systems of private living, from the basics of minimalism and digital security to asset protection and private travel. Equally important, it presents hundreds of real examples, arguments, and historical contexts for why privacy is the most important thing one can preserve. This book is essential reading and the best first step for anyone who feels vulnerable amid the tightening grip of surveillance and control.

Gabriel Custodiet is host of The Watchman Privacy Podcast. He has been living a privacy lifestyle for many years and figuring things out from research and sheer experimentation. He enjoys consulting and teaching others to live more genuine lives through techniques of secrecy and the cultivation of a worldview that sustains individual freedom.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08Q8MDLW6
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 10, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1055 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

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Gabriel Custodiet is host of The Watchman Privacy Podcast. He has been living a privacy lifestyle for many years and figuring things out from research and sheer experimentation. He enjoys consulting and teaching others to live more genuine lives through techniques of secrecy and the cultivation of a worldview that sustains individual freedom.

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William Geving
5.0 out of 5 stars You may not realize how life-changing this book is!
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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For any individual that has any awareness of the potential dangers that surround us daily, this book is a MUST HAVE. I’ve barely started reading but after all I’ve heard through Gabriel’s podcast, I’m already building my confidence in my personal safety in this dark, technocratic age.
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Mr. Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and useful info
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022
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I really enjoyed reading this book and found it to be full of useful information on the subject of privacy, financial and otherwise. I discovered it through a podcast, Radical Personal Finance, that I've listened to for years. I have now become engrossed in this author's podcast, The Watchman Privacy Podcast, as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A true guide for the average individual
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2021
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The book is well researched, makes its case without getting too preachy, and the writing style is very enjoyable where a book on this topic could quickly bore.

It not only drives home the link between privacy and individuality and freedom, but it pragmatically walks you through how to make it happen in your situation.

I’ll be circling back to this one from time to time. We all need to in today’s world.
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Clint K.
4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of content to chew on well
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
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From the very beginning Gabriel gives you worthwhile resources and content to take ownership of our lives again. Every Patriot and person dedicated to taking their data back needs to pore over this in order to get the mindset needed to protect their everyday sovereignty. Spoiler alert, he ends addressing the frailty of the Singularity philosophy of those who think they're in power.
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Dent Cardon
5.0 out of 5 stars Watchman's Guide Practicality
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
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My level of awareness about the value of privacy has been raised exponentially. This writing points out the assault on our common rights to privacy and how the average person can easily and effectively fight to preserve it. It offers so many simple and practical ideas of how to protect privacy and why it should be protected.
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AO
5.0 out of 5 stars Everybody should read this book
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022
For anybody who has growing concerns about their privacy in today's world, this book will guide you through the steps of increasing your privacy and securing your personal information.

This book is very practical and gives you options for how "hardcore" you want to be with privacy.
In other words, you can keep it "basic" or you can go to the "extreme."
Gabriel lays out the options and lets you decide.

I think everybody should read this book - the information is that important and critical...especially considering the increased surveillance conducted by governments, businesses, etc.
As I read the book, I was shocked at the number of ways that I have been freely giving away my personal information for decades.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for anyone who values his/her privacy
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021
An important and increasingly necessary book for the age in which we live. Gabriel Custodiet will shock you with revelations about the loss of personal privacy, but he will also supply you with the tools you need to navigate the complex technological world with peace of mind. I truly can't recommend this book enough. It woke me up from my ignorance.
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Linux User
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting read
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2022
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Good book. Excellent to have an updated version as of April 2022. With tech type info it's always important to try and get the latest details/updates. watchmanprivacy also has a once per month free newsletter you can subscribe to.
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Jacek
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in France on February 6, 2024
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Top 3 book on privacy 🫡🫡
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