Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace (2012)
It'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 Very outdated in terms of the extent to which people hiding today would leave a digital signature.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.