Personally I'd be a bit cautious about putting in your own license plate number there. I can't find any immediate red flags, but it just seems like good opsec to not potentially expose your own plate if they're not being honest about not storing queries.

If anyone else knows more about how legit the group running that site is, feel free to chime in. They are funded by The Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, who are members of the Association of Alternative News Media, but I don't know much about either, and the wiki entry for it is pretty sparse.

For someone planning to partake in those events, I would suspect they would opt to leave the stuff on the street so there is no chance of them being linked to it through physical means.

I'd advise a lead container and wondering how long the battery lasts.

Credit cards have rfid which requires very close proximity. Even if they did have rfid capabilities (which is highly unlikely) there's no way they could get a scan of your card. CCs don't broadcast, they are only passive at close proximities, which is by design.

Flocks aren't reported to have any capability to track wifi/Bluetooth. Leonardo cameras are though. As always, best to leave your phone off, in a faraday bag or at home when doing illegal things. Reading your CC data over nfc is just silly. Even if it had the hardware equipped you'd have to be up on the pole dry humping the thing for it to power the chip through your pocket.

I advocate for fighting state surveillance, but let's not get carried away with hyperbole or we end up sounding like the "5g lets bill gates lobotomize you remotely" crowd.

Wait these things can read EMV Chips at distance!?

Or bring your pet

And for those that somehow avoid getting directly imprisoned for "crimes" there'll be company towns waiting for you!

as much as this is a joke I wore one of those monocle full face sunglasses and it ended up being really nice. keeps wind off your face in cold weather and helps your eye glasses not fog up and besides keeping the sun from blinding you keeps uv off your face which you normally have to use sunscreen. with one of those and decent uv blocking clothing you don't need sunscreen. or at least I don't and they used to joke that I would get sunburn from the xmass tree lights.

Near-Infrared cameras can see through many thin fabrics and some other materials. If you wear a good enough mask, it shouldn't be a concern. But most cheap Halloween costumes are made of the exact materials that can be seen through, which is a whole other concern. I had to demonstrate how easy it is to see through some clothes with the right (easily accessible) equipment for my mom to force my little siblings to wear full proper clothing under Halloween costumes. (I'm much older than the youngest kids in my family.

i agree. just not excited abt the future is all. i reckon like most ppl.