About this podcast
HELLO! Welcome to my page! I'm Sam Bent.
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Activist, Defcon Speaker, Author, Hacker, ExDarknet Vendor, Youtuber, Coffee Addict, and all around Nerd.
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Episodes
- KDE Linux Ends Three-Decade Distributor Dependence · 16 minKDE Linux marks the desktop environment team's first official operating system release, breaking away from three decades of dependence on third-party Linux distributors. This…
- Why You Never Rob Cancer Patients in Front of the Internet, AND Why Steam Sucks · 23 minA dying cancer patient lost $32,000 in medical funds when Steam-hosted malware drained his crypto wallet during a live broadcast. The game "Block Blasters" appeared legitimate on…
- The Surveillance Architect Running Signal Engineering · 25 minSources: [https://www.sambent.com/the-surveillance-architect-running-signal-engineering](https://www.sambent.com/the-surveillance-architect-running-signal-engineering) Signal…
- How Apple Killed a Global Encryption Backdoor Demand · 25 minApple just delivered a crushing blow to government surveillance overreach. The UK government secretly demanded that Apple build a permanent backdoor into iCloud encryption that…
- How Weak Passwords Beat Strong Passwords · 12 minYour "secure" 16-character password gets cracked in seconds while someone's "password123" remains unbreakable for decades. The difference isn't complexity—it's key stretching…
- How Weak Passwords Beat Strong Passwords · 35 minYour "secure" 16-character password gets cracked in seconds while someone's "password123" remains unbreakable for decades. The difference isn't complexity—it's key stretching…
- Godman666 at Defcon 33: Carding, Sabotage & Survival: A Darknet Market Veteran’s Story · 35 minFor over 10 years, he's operated at every level of darknet markets - from carding forums to multi-million dollar platforms. This is the unfiltered reality they don't teach you…
- The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed · 13 minSacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation…
- Why Europe’s “PROTECT” Strategy Is Pure Orwellian Doublespeak · 19 minThe European Union's newly announced PROTECT strategy represents the most comprehensive assault on digital privacy in Western history. Published June 24th, this surveillance…
- Tornado Cash: Criminalizing Code · 20 minRoman Storm, developer of Tornado Cash, faces 45 years in federal prison on conspiracy charges for writing privacy-preserving code. The trial, which began July 14th in Manhattan…
- The Tor Project Just Gaslit Their Entire User Base · 20 minThe Tor Project's May 29th newsletter claimed OS spoofing "never went anywhere" and is "here to stay," directly contradicting their own developer documentation. This video…
- Perplexity's "Comet" Browser is CLOWNWARE · 19 minPerplexity's CEO admitted on a podcast that Comet browser exists to track everything you do online - "that was the key reason to build Comet." They want $2,400/year to harvest…
- L💌VE Your Country. H🅰️TE Your Government. · 19 minUse Monero. Show more The federal government is a bloated parasitic monster, and I've got the receipts to prove it. This breaks down mathematically how they're robbing you blind…
- Deniable Encryption: They Can't Prosecute What They Can't Prove · 10 minStandard encryption keeps your data confidential until someone puts a gun to your head or a judge threatens contempt charges. That's where deniable encryption becomes essential…
- They Can Steal Your Passwords Just From Fan Noise · 48 minYour computer fan is telling secrets you never knew it had. This video reveals how adversaries can steal your passwords, encryption keys, and confidential data using nothing but…
- Canada's Spyware Manual the RCMP and ODIT · 14 minThe RCMP: Canada’s federal police, published a document explaining how they legally deploy government-grade spyware on phones, laptops, and other devices. This tool, called the…
- Phantasma: The $99 Darknet Market That Self-Destructed in a Week · 16 minDarknet markets come and go, but few crash and burn as spectacularly as Phantasma Market. This amateur operation managed to expose its clearnet IP address within minutes of…
- The Secret URL That Kept Me Online While Dread Was Dead · 8 minWhen Dread went down for everyone else, I was still browsing. Here's the truth about Dread's hidden infrastructure the magic mirror, premium URLs, and why donors never lost…
- The Human Cost of Cybercrime: IntelBroker's Prison Messages from Germany · 26 minOn June 9th, 2025, I received a message I'd been expecting through one of my privacy-centric communication channels. It was IntelBroker, messaging me from a German prison cell…
- Alleged Archetype Admin Arrest Footage Surfaces (?) - Back Head ID (lol) · 5 minThis is purely speculative analysis of publicly available content - nothing has been officially confirmed. We discuss the implications, examine the evidence, and break down what…
