Rough Living: Learning Privacy from Homelessness

Episode 41 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Rough Living: Learning Privacy from Homelessness

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with CD, who wrote his book 'Rough Living' about choosing to be homeless for multiple years. They discuss how to blend in in public, how to purchase and use cars privately, where to sleep without attracting attention, and how to acquire one’s necessities without swiping a credit card and without stealing. There is much to learn about privacy from homelessness.

Links
→ https://twitter.com/vagobond
→ Rough Living: An Urban Survival Manual: https://ia601302.us.archive.org/19/items/militia_training_book_collection/Rough_Living.pdf
→ Rough Living: Tips and Tales of a Vagabond: https://www.vagobond.com/RoughLiving2003.pdf
→ https://vagobond.com (Current website)
→ https://vagobond.cent.co
→ http://chrisdamitio.com (background on CD)

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→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
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Timeline

0:00 – Beginning
5:44 – Why did you choose to be homeless?
8:04 – How did you escape the rate race?
11:14 – Proper ID most essential piece of homeless equipment
12:12 – Where to park overnight
17:43 – How did you get food?
22:27 – Best places in USA to be homeless
27:01 – Dumpster diving basic strategies
29:00 – Homeless shelters an option?
30:02 – Homeless campsites
33:22 – How to blend in in public
35:22 – Private car transaction and ‘registration’
37:42 – Regularly hiring cash jobs
39:15 – Trouble getting back on the grid
43:02 – Being homeless in 2022 vs 2010
46:38 – Final thoughts