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When I was a youngin' browsing BBSes in the 90s, I remember distinctly encountering a text guide to "the art of disappearing", essentially getting off the grid
by yarou 11y ago
When I was a youngin' browsing BBSes in the 90s, I remember distinctly encountering a text guide to "the art of disappearing", essentially getting off the grid as Stephen Fry mentions. It involved a whole bunch of seemingly paranoid steps, like burning your passport, and booking your flight (one-way) with cash. I also remember thinking to myself how silly the whole concept was - why would I ever want to do something like that?
These days, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't sound that crazy in this increasingly dystopian world.
- Intermernet 11y ago"Becoming Jack Flack" Shmoocon 2010 talk: https://youtu.be/dr5esiUIaS0 https://youtu.be/dr5esiUIaS0
- chungy 11y agoI'm almost sure I've read the same document. I wonder if it's still floating about.
- lkozma 11y agoIt might have been this one, the text you are referring to: http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/vanish.htm http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/vanish.htm
- w8rbt 11y agoSome day, only governments and criminals will pay with cash ;)