The truly privacy-paranoid reveal their methods.
But I suspect some of you already have them beat. (EZ Pass? I mean, seriously, EZ Pass?)
(H/T Ragnar for the find.)
The truly privacy-paranoid reveal their methods.
But I suspect some of you already have them beat. (EZ Pass? I mean, seriously, EZ Pass?)
(H/T Ragnar for the find.)
EZ-Pass? What’s EZ-Pass? Despite the cameras and plate readers, I’ve always paid cash for tolls. Why make it easier for them?
That was a good test to see if I’m on the right track with my ghostness. Still need to microwave things I buy, and probably never will figure out how to get around the DMV crap. But at least the address on my dl isn’t current. Otherwise, I’m doing good 🙂
As for them, can’t believe they’d have an EZ Express toll pass to begin with. Of course it’s going to be tracked everywhere.
EZ-Pass is an RFID-enable device you put in your car. At toll stations, RFID readers detect it, and bill you. You just drive through, usually without needing to even slow down.
Complete privacy has never been possible. Electronic privacy is do-able, but the vast majority of people won’t be able to accomplish it.
In other news, Shrek the dog is recoving.
I’m so far on the grid, I’d feel guilty dressing as a “Ghost” for Halloween. (Only the Freedom Outlaw’s will get that joke)
That article instantly made me think of the recent “Parks n Rec” episode where Ron Swanson tries to go off the data grid. Free on Hulu right now: http://www.hulu.com/watch/541093#i0,p0,d0 If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth the 22 minutes. Gotta love Ron Swanson.
Also reminded me of your “I Am Not a Number” and Boston T. Party’s “One Nation Under Surveillance.” Both great reads even for those of us inextricably tied to the Matrix.
My lord, that poor dog. That’s horrific. I wish his former humans could be forced to spend years trying to get around wrapped in frayed carpets. Vicious idiots.
I’ve just had two idiot pet owner encounters today, so I’m more-than-usually sour. Nothing so horrible (although three extremely sweet kitties — kitties that even I think are sweet, and you know I’m not a cat person — are going to die because of the dreadful disease they got, thanks to their stupid owners).
People …
“Others who share his concerns salt their license plates, add bumper guards or otherwise obscure the writing–say by driving with the hatch down or driving with a trailer hatch attached—in order to avoid being tracked.”
Because, you know, risking being stopped for violation of – for instance – ORS 803.540 and fined $110 is an AWESOME way to stay “off the radar.”
You’ll have to imagine my little “rolling eyes” emoticon here…..
[We asked the most privacy-aware people we could find what it would take to go off the radar]
Um. If you can find them…
[Sell, also an organizer of the hacker conference Def Con]
Low profile?
EZ Pass? I made a decision many years ago not to live in places that require tolls for the roads. EZ Pass reminds me it was a good decision.
Ez-Pass — yes, the little transponder gets polled for tolls, but it also gets polled lots of other places without charge or any notice to the owner. They say it is to get data on traffic volume, real-time travel time between points, and that they aren’t keeping data on who passes. But do we believe them?
It comes with an RF shielding bag, and putting it in a cookie tin would also work to keep the thing off the grid when you are not actually crossing the threshold onto or off of a toll road.
Most toll roads take cash-though I haven’t seen a toll road here in years. Go with pay-as-you-go phoneinternet services. Tether the phone to a laptop/netbook/whatever-register it in any name you want. You don’t have to use your true name/address on loyalty cards-give the address of an abandoned building. I have wondered if a ring of superbright infrared LEDs around the edge of a license plate would “blind” a camera? Appear as a white blurry blob. Wire it to come on when the car is running. People can’t see infrared, but cameras can.
Living a cash existence represents very little trouble. Use money orders for instances where cash isn’t practical.
I have refused to buy an EZ-Pass for this very reason. (Of course, it helps that I live in an area where it would be of very little use, but when I travel it would be a convenience.) I simply find the toll lane which takes cash.
I like Scott’s idea of a ring of IR LEDs around the license plate. Or maybe untraviolet? Does anyone make such a thing? (And can one buy IR or UV LEDs? Where?)
I see that the NSA has a new “process of elimination” method of identifying terrorists! http://youtu.be/m3ZDMCUz2Xs
Jenny is such a sweet person, she’s ALWAYS lets me borrow her grocery loyalty cards…
To the cashier: “May I key in my phone number?”
(local area code) + 8675 + 309
I just cut and pasted the address and text of the Fast Company article and sent it out. It got rejected by at least one domain because of the site’s “poor reputation:”
Technical details of permanent failure:
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The error that the other server returned was:
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Try working or running a business in the Metro NY/NJ area where you are driving constantly between jobs/customers. You would spend HOURS in toll lines.
Even now the PA turnpike is eliminating toll booths and requires E Z Pass or they take a photo of your license and send the bill to the address in the DMV’s records!!!
In a few years E Z Pass will be obsolete, you will just get bills in the mail whenever your license shows up at a toll location.
Next up is charging for mileage using the same system.
The think-tank libertarians should be ecstatic. Hey, it will be “market based congestion pricing”!
From the Drudge Report: [url]http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-roads-black-boxes-20131027,0,6090226.story#axzz2ixdvNYbV[/url]
Might not need a black box, just a chip in the license plate. Or cameras that record your location and charge you based on where you appeared.