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Living privately, off grid and out of the system.?

I read a article about how a business man wanted to find out what it would be like to suddenly disappear from his life and start over again with a new identity and be untraceable. When he was ready he published a contest for people to find him and win a $5,000 prize. It lasted a couple of months along with a blog plotting the investigations progress. Out of the security experts, former FBI agents, and others it was actually a kid in High school who figured it out and finally got him. Depending on how well known your face is it seems like half the problem of disappearing would be easy. Just stop using credit card/ debit cards. Never accept checks so you don't have to cash it. Use voip instead of a cell phone. Alfa wireless antenna to get internet signals for a mile around along with a booster that looks like a big Pringals Can would make it 3+ miles. Move to a city that has excellent public transportation. Rent a room/apartment from a private owner instead of landlord. Or set up a RV in the woods with solar panels and river nearby (but that would require a car + insurance. Then again... if you buy a car used and keep the plates, drive carefully without being pulled over and don't do insurance.) The only issue left is how would you receive postal mail. PO boxes require ID. Receiving mail from another persons private address is cheating because they would know your identity. What if you wanted to travel the country; flying, train, and even greyhound bus would be out of the question. That leaves only driving or car pool. Would there be any other inconveniences? For making money a person could sell their services as a contracted worker. I freelanced for a couple of years when I got back from over seas and with a little in advertising it easy to get clientele going for all kinds of hobbies become profession. But if you were like the Wikileaks guy Assange then you couldn't go out much without being recognized. Perhaps a internet business for income. This is just a what if scenario. What if the government takes a turn towards fascism, or you became a political enemy, or famous and wanted to be left alone. Personally I wish I could set up a small house somewhere out in the woods - completely self sustainable with electricity, water, and heat efficiency along with a large garden and small animals. I'd still want to go into the city and internet is a requirement for my sanity. Who knows what the future will hold and it's nice to have a plan B, im sure the jews thought so living in the 1940's Germany, or a Japanese American around the same time in a USA internment camp. A child in the 1920's industrial revolution, a woman in the 1950's, marijuana user in the 1960's, or a black person... pretty much any time in the last three hundred years in the western world. What are your thoughts on the privacy thing. How would you do it.

Public Comments

1. Privacy is impossible with electronic surveillance technology what it is today, provided anyone's interested enough to want to know anything about you. A person has to transcend the concept of privacy and be aware there's nothing that can be hidden, then come to the realization that there's nothing really worth hiding, either. Nothing we choose to do is anything important enough to become a priority to anyone else unless we try to make big tracks, in which case someone will probably drop a brick on our heads. As for the rest, it's doable, but if they decide to round everyone up and put them in camps sometime they'll get around to you. Count on it.
2. I would start by not offering a $5000 prize for finding me. love and blessings don
3. what would bin laden do? for almost a decade, he has successfully evaded the richest, most technologically advanced armies in the world. looks like a cave somewhere in Afghanistan/Pakistan/other, most people would rather be caught than that that existence though... you need a group of very dedicated followers to protect you, knowledge of local terrain, no technology, a threat of violence and the support of locals. pablo escobar made an absolute mockery of the us/columbian governments as a result of the locals who did not betray him. also, plastic surgery to change your facial appearance? you might also be interested in john darwin (link below) who faked his own death, although he was stupid enough to allow his photo to be posted online...