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December 19th, 2017

Out and About: Joshua's Financial Privacy Advice on the Complete Privacy & Security Podcast

  1. Out and About: Joshua's Financial Privacy Advice on the Complete Privacy & Security Podcast Joshua Sheats 1:27:52

(My interview starts at 7:30 into the show.)

I recently gave an interview to the Complete Privacy and Security Podcast on the topic of financial privacy. I think it was a really good interview.

This interview was originally published on December 8, 2017 here: https://operational-security.com/cps-podcast-e058-financial-privacy-security/

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SHOW NOTES

INTRO Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked

MAIN TOPIC Joshua Sheats of Radical Personal Finance joins us to discuss: – Why being financially stable (and ideally independent) is an important component of personal privacy – Joshua’s Stages of Financial Independence, and what each of them means:

Stage 0: Financial Dependence Stage 1: Financial Solvency Stage 2: Financial Stability Stage 3: Debt Freedom Stage 4: Financial Security Stage 5: Financial Independence Stage 6: Financial Freedom Stage 7: Financial Abundance

– How to pick make an accountant or financial planner who respects your financial privacy & security – Episode 459 of Radical Personal Finance: Don’t Trust Your Financial Advisor! – How trusts and LLCs can impact your finances and privacy – How much cash you should have on hand and where you should store your emergency fund – Episode 481 of Radical Personal Finance: Where Should I Keep My Emergency Fund? – Which precious metals you can sell in any amount without reporting the sale to the IRS – Joshua’s thoughts on Investing in precious metals, Bitcoin, and other alternative assets – What you need to do right now to begin achieving financial independence

Be sure to check out Radical Personal Finance – it’s one of my favorite podcasts!

OFFENSE/DEFENSE No Offense/Defense this week.

LISTENER QUESTIONS 1. How secure and/or private is Paypal.com? Do you recommend using Paypal? 2. If my bank doesn’t offer two factor authentication, what else can I do to protect my account?

Joshua Sheats Teacher, Host, Broadcaster, Entrepreneur

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, is the world's leading authority on integrating lifestyle goals and money goals without conflict. He teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement.

Joshua is dedicated to helping normal people achieve financial freedom by merging creative (and crazy) ideas from the world of personal finance with the academic integrity of formal financial planning. He simplifies complex money topics and makes boring financial mumbo-jumbo less boring.