Comment on How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught

• Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Could you provide examples?

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  • nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if your travel with burner and normal phone for one hour, both switched on, cell tower registrations are in sync and both are easily linked. if your switch on your burner only occasionally at random locations, but cut real phone is/was there at the same time they are linkable.

    to use a burner:

    • never switch on at home
    • leave main phone at home
    • travel a reasonable distance before switching the burner on
    • don’t travel with people who know you and who carry a phone
    • sim & phone mustn’t be bought/topped-up in a traceable way
    • cover cameras at all times (there are 0click exploits available to three letter agencies)

    it’s possible, but certainly not trivial.

    also: depends on the power of your adversary, as always the personal threat model is relevant. using a burner to cheat on your spouse is not the same as using one when plotting to the nuclear codes.

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    • Crikeste@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Appreciate you elaborating, but if you wouldn’t mind doing so a little more…. lol

      How does one “travel in a not traceable way”?

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      • nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean… like everything this comes in many levels… go on the main road with your car, cameras will catch you. sign in with your public transport card when boarding the bus… these are obvious. use a cab, pay cash. ride a bike, change cities, change states, change countreis… depends on your threat model I guess :D

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      • klu9@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        One thing: Turn off your phone’s WiFi and Bluetooth when travelling.

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