Under the radar or just don't stick your head up.

[Scythe13]

This could get lengthy, so be warned.

I've been thinking about something NR said about going under the radar and where possible not using credit cards, paying by cash, not buying stuff online, pay as you go phone, or no phone at all, not applying for a FAC or Shotty License, etc.

The thought process is incomplete, which is likely the reason for this thread.

The Greyman is about not standing out feom the crowd. Not getting attention, blending in, and stuff like that. Which makes sense. Same as NR's idea about going below the radar.

But it got me wondering, we're all on the radar already aren't we?

We have bank accounts, postal addresses, IP addresses, we use the phone. We have drivers licenses. We have cars, or houses. The house is either rented or purchased, both of which are registered. We pay council tax. We have jobs or sign on the dole. We have NI numbers, tax codes, polling/voting numbers.

We're pretty much totally tracked already.

But there are some things that will obviously get us noticed and stand out more. Things like a firearm cert, a shotty cert, and the political organisations we subscribe to if any. The items we buy online via card are tracked/recorded. So it makes sense to be ulra cautious of those activities.

What I'm wondering is.......does one take priority?

The idea of being tracked is with us all the time. We can't avoid it.

There are thousands of people with gun licenses and buying ammo regularly.

There are hundreds and thousands of people subscribed to political organisations.

There are billions of online transactions going on every week.

All of these activities are going to be used to profile and cross referrence each other, to get a view of the individual. We all know these things.

Would it be worth cutting up the credit cards or debit cards, not getting a FAC, not buying online, etc, just to feel like we're being less profiled than we already are?

It would make sense to not get a dangerous pets license and a FAC at the same time. However, it would also make perfect sense to get them at the same time. See how this works? Confusing hu?

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to purposefully create your own profile for the authorities to see. A conservative member with a shotgun license that shops at Waitrose...clearly a toff. See where I'm going with this?

In theory, it should be pretty simple to allign yourself in a way to show you're very much in need of certain radar attention.

A dangerous animal owner, has a gun, is a member of the Circus Performers Union...

Explosives license, works in mining.....

I think it should be possible to create a profile for the gov to see that sells you on your merit for the license and places you back below the radar.

It's all theoretical at the moment, but you get what I mean.