Surveillance Evasion Techniques

Discussions center on strategies and hacks to avoid detection by police or surveillance systems, such as using burner phones, disguises, alibis, detector devices, and plausible deniability in clandestine or illegal activities.

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gumby Sep 6, 2019 View on HN

Wouldn't that make them invisible to the police?

StavrosK Aug 23, 2018 View on HN

No problem! It's a very good strategy, it's what someone who wanted to remain anonymous would use.

henryw Apr 10, 2017 View on HN

Could this done in order to cover the tracks of some illegal activity like a bank robbery? Seems like something out of Ocean's 11.

y-curious Apr 18, 2023 View on HN

Not a foolproof method I would trust if I had something to hide from the police.

dvtrn May 13, 2020 View on HN

Then don't get caught, oldest strategy in the clandestine operations handbook ;)

daveFNbuck Nov 7, 2017 View on HN

You could also put on a disguise, sell something valuable at a pawn shop, then report it stolen.

em-bee Aug 28, 2025 View on HN

they would probably still fake their identity to hide their tracks.

Jun8 Nov 8, 2011 View on HN

I think a great way to deal with this problem in a hacker type of way would be to create and post schematics for a cheap device (e.g. using your old cell phone or other types of old consumer electronics devices) to detect the presence of these devices. A big motivation of using these covert devices is that they work, i.e. the average tracked person is unaware of them. If this fact can be nullified, then law enforcement people may be less willing to use such tactics.

Fifer82 Apr 14, 2018 View on HN

That is really good information! I would look a bit weird but it is discreet and no one would know the true purpose or make the connection.

Zigurd Dec 12, 2022 View on HN

You are going in the wrong direction. Lean into the surveillance. Use it to create an alibi.