> Regularly trade laptops and phones with like-minded individuals
That puts you into a group of people then. Groups are easier to infiltrate.
In opsec, people are vulnerabilities.
That puts you into a group of people then. Groups are easier to infiltrate.
In opsec, people are vulnerabilities.
But please do keep imagining things, it's a powerful tool to progress!
But I like the idea of trading devices with people who have already tied their ID with IMEI, wi-fi networks, ISP IPs etc.
Identity theft? Not really... Just borrowing it for a while.
In your scenario, you’ll never know if the last person increments an ID somewhere or did some other activity that adds compromises the chain.
Not to say there isn't SOME anonymity by paying cash for a burner phone, but it's not even remotely fool-proof for anyone really wanting to figure out who you are.
I'm lucky enough not to live a pretty vanilla life and so do my peers. Please investigate and waste time and resources in tracking down the most boring and uninteresting (on a political and criminal level) persons you could ever snoop on.
It also becomes tricky to convince someone to lend you their phone in my country since ID cards are required to register any SIM cards.
As someone else above said, adding more people makes the rope (your opsec) weaker.
People generally can't be trusted once their self-preservation instinct kicks in. How sure are you the other guy you trusted enough to put them in your opsec isn't going to sing on you when their balls are gently fondled by LE agents.
LE stands for Law Enforcement.