How To Evade The System
It’s a fact: Britain is the most watched nation on the planet. Here there are around 4.2 million cameras – one for every fourteen people! In addition to this, all members of the British public are monitored. Emails, browsing history, phone and text conversations – all are recorded and checked for criminal activity. At the time of writing, there are even plans for compulsory ID Cards, and a new multi-million pound monitoring facility being put through parliament for approval. Considering our current climate, it’s likely they’ll succeed.
Sooner or later, everyone gets angry about this: the public just doesn’t like being watched, recorded, compared – and criminalised. Many people even claim that we’re now realising Orwell’s nightmare society of 1984. This guide is for those people: it represents the tools needed to break free from constant surveillance, from the smothering influence of what has become a Nanny State. It is also a guide to self-sufficiency, something highly applicable in a world that will soon face massive oil shortages. Above all, however, it represents a work of liberty: pure, unbridled freedom.
Step One: Close all bank accounts that you have – or close all but one, and use that one as little as possible. If you pay for everything with cash instead of by cheque or card, your spending habits will be very hard to trace.
Step Two: Work “off the grid” if you can, accepting only cash as payment. When used alongside Step One, neither the government nor the various corporate industries will be able to know how much money you have, or how you spend it. It’ll also make the tax-man’s job very difficult, which is always a bonus!
Step Three: Invest in sustainable power, such as solar panels and wind turbines. This will make you more independent, and will prevent your use of electricity from being monitored. It also saves a lot of money, which can be invested in other, more useful enterprises.
Step Four: Pay to have a borehole dug in your back garden. Once dug, this provides you with fresh water – almost as pure as the water you currently get through your tap. With a well, you can save money and increase your self sufficiency.
Step Five: Whenever you go into developed areas, wear clothing that will make you hard to distinguish: a hat, a scarf, gloves, sunglasses, etc. The vast majority of CCTV cameras film from above, so if your face is covered they’re completely useless – the footage only shows an unidentified stranger, and your privacy is preserved.
And lastly, for those who are more determined to evade the system:
Step Six: Learn the basic skills of hacking. Using these, you will be able to encrypt your emails, ensure that your browsing habits remain secret, and surf the net anonymously. Only use the internet if it’s an absolute necessity.
Step Seven: Don’t have a land-line telephone. Use only an unregistered pay-as-you-go mobile phone – using two or more increases the effectiveness. Basically, if your phone isn’t registered, your phone calls can still be monitored – but they cannot be tracked back to you. If you want to go all out with this step, you could only take incoming calls on your mobile phone/s: make outgoing calls on public payphones, or borrow someone else’s phone each time you need to contact someone.
Step Eight: This step requires dedication, but it’s definitely the most rewarding. It’s better if you do this step before engaging in any of the others, but it can be done at any time: change your name and move location several times – preferably from country to country. This creates reams of administrative data about you and makes you difficult to track: only the tax man will still be able to find you, if he tries hard enough!
Evading the System is difficult – it has many eyes, and many spies, besides. The more determined you are to protect your privacy – and the more steps you take to do so – the harder it becomes. Nevertheless, there is no price too great for the reward of privacy, and the assurance of freedom.
