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comment by ooli
ooli  ·  4055 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Think You Can Live Offline Without Being Tracked? Here's What It Takes

tl;dr

1. Getting Places

. To stop toll pass from being tracked, keeps it sealed in the foil bag it came in when he's not driving through a toll

. Uses a camera flash to zap tires with enough energy to destroy the RFID chips

. Camera surveillance in every town, Wore sun glasses

2. Buying things

. When he sees someone has a card on their key chain, he asks if he can take a photo of the bar code to use with his own purchases. They get extra points, and he gets discounts without giving up any of his privacy

. Puts all of purchases on a credit card registered under a fake name. Then uses the credit card in actual name to pay the bill

. The most intense privacy seekers have a strict cash-only policy--which can mean they need to get paid in cash

3. Having Friends

.You upload a photograph to Facebook or put one on Twitter, you are now ratting out anybody in that frame to any police agency in the world that’s looking for them. (...) Some police agencies in the world are evil

4. Just About Everything Else

. RFID tags aren’t just in tires, they’re in your clothing, your tap-to-pay credit cards, and your dry cleaning.

. Zaps T-shirts in the microwave.

. Carry an RFID-blocking wallet to avoid having their RFID-enabled cards read when they're not making a purchase.

. Covering your tablet's front-facing camera with masking tape