So i'm posting this idea here to give you guys ideas on an anonymity method, spark discussion of the idea, ask questions about this idea, and to have you point out possible vulnerabilities in this plan if you can.
- Purchase a burner laptop with cash, preferably without showing your face or leaving any forensic evidence at the shop, and taking care to park far enough away that outside security cameras (even from multible shops) cannot pin you on an identifiable car or a license plate number.
- Install Tails onto a usb
- Have all your important files on an encrypted usb
- Purchase an android burner phone and get a decent data plan for it, all paid for with cash, preferably without showing your face or leaving forensic evidence
- Turn the android into a password protected wifi hot spot, possibly by using a McDonald's public wifi to download a tethering app, so as to tether your laptop to it (let's call this wifi phone a wiphone)
- Keep the phone's battery out of it unless you're using the wifi
- Only use the wiphone for wifi, and only turn it on when you're not near any location which may be traced back to you (home, work, friends house, etc)
One major forseeable difficulty is acquiring the laptop, cell, and data plan without showing your face or your car's license plate to security cameras, which are practically on all commercial buildings these days. When i went to get my burner, i called the computer store before hand and asked if they would mind serving someone who was wearing a mask (my state doesn't have anti-mask laws), they said they didn't mind, so that's exactly what i did. It was a small shop so the manager was easily accessible and they were eager for business, going to a bigger store, such as walmart, might be more difficult because the managers aren't as available and bigger chain stores probably aren't as eager to do business with a single individual. Plus people at a computer store are probably way more understanding towards those of us who take anonymity super seriously, while the average walmart employee probably doesn't know much about anonymity or the surveillance state or even care. Wearing a hijab might work if you get thrown out of a bigger retail store for trying the mask bit, as the bigger stores are probably more cautious of having a discrimination scandal damage their brand.
Questions: A. Would i be able to check tracking using this scheme (obviously not via a TOR browser as that may flag the package)? B. If I were to have another regular-use-phone on (let's call it tele), on while the wiphone is on, would LE be able to like....idk, link the two by proximity and consistency, and then possibly track the tele? The reason i ask is that one of my other phones uses google authenticator for 2FA on some crucial sites.
Please, give me advice on this idea, try to point me to possible vulnerabilities I should address, answer my questions, and discuss this!
EDIT: You all keep raising a moot point about how this draws attention from the store clerks and the customers at the store. Their attention on an unidentifiable masked man does not have any effect on me. Even if the store clerk were to make a special point of saving the security camera, THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT IT'S WORTHLESS.
Omg stop. Please tell me you did not CALL A FUCKING STORE TO ASK IF YOU COULD WEAR A MASK TO PURCHASE SOMETHING......then...ACTUALLY SHOWED UP WEARING A MASK. LOL.
I CANNOT HANDLE THIS