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Yeah, pretty basic opsec is not to drive to the crime scene. And don't bring anything with you that is not essential to the mission and which might get dropped and be used as evidence.
Wear cheap sweats and a ski mask. Dispose of them all as soon as you can. If cars are involved, use fake plates. Better yet, use bicycles and ride as much as possible off paved roads. And don't ride straight home.
Even better, wear loose generic clothes like a long black skirt and a baggy long sleeve shirt.
Investigators can narrow down suspects by using security footage to measure things like femur or forearm length. Baggy clothes make this much harder to do, because you can’t see exactly where the joints are. It introduces a lot of reasonable doubt that your defense lawyer can use to tear apart any video evidence they present.
Oh, and the basic - don't carry your cell phone/smart watch regardless of whether it's switched off
Burner phone!
it's rather easy to link a burner phone to you if you don't know exactly what you are doing. no need for a phone, don't take any risk.
Could you provide examples?
if your travel with burner and normal phone for one hour, both switched on, cell tower registrations are in sync and both are easily linked. if your switch on your burner only occasionally at random locations, but your real phone is/was there at the same time they are linkable.
to use a burner:
it's possible, but certainly not trivial.
also: depends on the power of your adversary, as always the personal threat model is relevant. using a burner to cheat on your spouse is not the same as using one when plotting to steal the nuclear codes.
Appreciate you elaborating, but if you wouldn’t mind doing so a little more…. lol
How does one “travel in a not traceable way”?
One thing: Turn off your phone's WiFi and Bluetooth when travelling.
I mean... like everything this comes in many levels... go on the main road with your car, cameras will catch you. sign in with your public transport card when boarding the bus... these are obvious. use a cab, pay cash. ride a bike, change cities, change states, change countreis... depends on your threat model I guess :D
Burn the Tesla with the phone, gotcha
And you can get a cheap used bike as well.
I'm not condoning crime, but if you're going to do it, give yourself the best chance of avoiding capture.