Comments on: Can Someone Truly Disappear?

By: Blake Mims

Blake Mims — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:17:01 +0000

oh im sorry i forgot to add that if you only use cash, then you limit yourself to only people who you’ve made extended contact with can rat you out. Mix in some transient type people for helping you travel, you could be ANYWHERE for all anybody else knows.

By: Blake Mims

Blake Mims — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:14:35 +0000

hmmm didn’t really care for this guy’s “style.” He figured out how to make himself disappear, but then he went and tested his cover, putting himself in riskier and riskier situations. I got hired on a tugboat for a couple months, and if I checked into a hotel for my 10 days off between shifts I could have easily done exactly what he did, IN MY HOME CITY.

By: Reddog

Reddog — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:33:24 +0000

Disposable, I think you are, in many ways, correct, but I would imagine the success would rest a lot in the ingenuity/resources/motivation of the ones left behind. I would think faking a death would be a better way to start than just not showing up at home after work (I would hope…). It would tend to stop many from looking, anyway. I would also need to leave my life insurance in place going to my wife, and not shift it to my “girlfriend” who I would hook back up with later with a good financial start. That would be the kiss of death for my plan, in many ways, as now my wife would be motivated. Plus, I would be giving her a starting point. She’s already smart and resourceful enough, (that’s why I married her) and would find me not so much for the money, but to beat my ass. Leaving her the money, maybe she’d be more inclined to “overlook” the clues that I would invariably leave. One might also consider moving out of country. That opens up some other difficulties, but with a life properly chosen allows one to stay off the grid a bit easier.

By: disposable

disposable — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:04 +0000

I was at borders this morning and picked up the wired magazine cause of this story on the front cover, just to come home and see it also posted here. it was a great article and brought up alot of good tips and points. But my question is, if the average person really wanted to disappear, would they have that many people out physically looking for them?? I mean, this was a contest, that kept peoples interest. If a random person, up and disappeared for any number of reasons, i think they could get away with it alot easier than this guy. It would take alot of resources to get the same results with someone who doesn’t have the same amount of publicity.

By: kenpojitsu

kenpojitsu — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:55:43 +0000

Wow Interesting article. I was just talking with my work Partner & Her sister over coffee about how we all leave such a big digital finger print for “Big Brother” to see. Even with being a Law Abiding Citizen with nothing to hide its scary to think how easy it is to get personal info about you. Its Like the Government’s “Orwellian 1984 wet dream” to have that kind of access, ha ha ha.
but whats even more scary is we rely on this technology so much, the same technology that can enslave us. I just realized a week ago that if I lost my Cell phone I wouldn’t remember much more than about 5-6 numbers, if that. what I used to do before having a Cell phone was carry a small cardboard card with all the important friends & contacts on it in my wallet with a prepaid Phone card. & I remembered most of the #’s anyway cause I didn’t have a Cell with a contacts list as a crutch. Sometimes convenience’s make us very lazy
I’ve now put a contact card & prepaid phone card in My EDC. in case of Cell “Failure”.
Ok I’m straying from the topic now, Im done.

By: Thompson

Thompson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:06:52 +0000

Wow that’s a good read. Very interesting to think about.

By: spenceman

spenceman — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:47:27 +0000

Speak of the devil, I’m about halfway through Evan Ratliff’s article right now.