Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
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Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#2Good thoughts, where they stayed on the topic. Too much political commentary for me.
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#3Reminds me of https://evan.atavist.com/vanish
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#4'If you plan on going into hiding and want to leave a big hint, consider buying a copy of this book from the author immediately beforehand"
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#5'If you plan on going into hiding and want to leave a big hint, consider buying a copy of this book from the author immediately beforehand"
Heh, not to mention that the Kindle does a lot of phoning home.
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#6The image on the RHS, besides being difficult to read has spelt "Kindle" wrong
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#7this reminds me of a book I once saw at some backyard booksale. Can't remember the title, but there was a great line about bribing your way to a death certificate. "With an understanding of his greed and your need, you're on your way to being deceased!"
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#8It's a really interesting topic and I'd say I was disappointed by the article for several reasons:
1. Very outdated in terms of the extent to which people hiding today would leave a digital signature. The article literally suggests leaving no available photographs of you, to the point where acquaintances have to work with a sketch artist to put your picture out.
2. Some very naive suggestions for jobs to take while on the run, including doing data entry, working as a day laborer, and joining the Peace Corps.
3. Made-up tinfoil-hat "facts". For example: "Satellites can bounce LASER light off of your windows and, by measuring the minute distance differences between a vibrating window and the satellite, reconstruct your speech -- from orbit!"
Note: this is not true. The pinnacle of laser surveillance (which is actually a real thing) is measured in the hundreds of meters.
This is actually a really cool topic, and best practices in escape and evasion are fascinating. I think the outline of a better manual would look like:
1. Figuring out where you're going to hide (best hope is bland suburb of large metro area in a far-away country where you're not ethnically unusual....e.g., Sao Paulo, Lagos, Taipei, or a frontier market that attracts a lot of expats, e.g., Mongolia, Nairobi, Manila). Additional discussion of extradition law and whether you should prioritize non-extradition countries relative to your country of citizenship. Additional discussion of how to learn the language and culture of your new home without attracting attention.
2. Figuring out how you're going to survive in your new life; refinement of potential destinations based on skill set, age, life goals, etc.
3. Prepping your new life (surreptitiously creating bank accounts, documents, contacts in new residence).
4. Making the break; how to disappear so that authorities classify you as missing and presumed dead.
5. Forensic considerations (facial recognition, DNA, voiceprint, fingerprints, digital signature).
Would be great to hear others' thoughts on what such a manual would look like, I love to nerd out on this kind of stuff.
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#9Rather interesting, though, the scope is limited to USA alone.
Supposing you make your way out of USA, a good solution for restarting your life is to join the French Foreign Legion. They'll take recruits from 17.5 - 39.5 years old. No questions asked, for a year. You literally start with a new name, an assumed identity which is a sign-up requirement. Their tagline is "the school of second chance."
You get fed, you get training, you get a salary. If in that year you do well, learn the language, learn soldiering, progress, you can get French citizenship. After the first year, you can either continue your career under your assumed identity, or reconcile your issues with your country of origin.
Re: Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
#10Rather interesting, though, the scope is limited to USA alone. Supposing you make your way out of USA, a good solution for restarting your life is to join the French Foreign Legion. They'll take recruits from 17.5 - 39.5 years old. No questions asked, for a year. You literally start with a new name, an assumed identity which is a sign-up requirement. Their tagline is "the school of second chance." You get fed, you ge…
yeah and they get 'leaked' and you are screwed. or they just snoop around figure out that you weren't Jason Bourne at all but actually David Webb. cue music...