11/11/2006

Travel

If you are travelling to a sensitive meeting take a different route going there and coming back, and if possible do not use the same bus or station when going to or leaving the location you are travelling to. This lessens the likelihood that your destination will be identified.
If travelling on sensitive business, try to use public transport. Using you own private cars will provide a traceable identity.
To avoid the CCTV systems in public places move with the crowd; don't rush, don't cut corners, and don't look around for CCTV cameras.
If you can build in other events/appointments as part of your journey, that will help provide an alternate motive for travelling to that area of a town or city.
Facial recognition systems work primarily on the configuration of facial features. To work they need to get a good view of the face. Looking at a slight angle towards the ground, and wearing a hat with a brim, helps fool the system.
If you travel using public transport, roaming tickets are preferable to tickets for a specific journey - they give you more flexibility over the route, and they are more difficult to associate a route travelled with a particular ticket purchase.
If you have the time available and you can obtain a roaming ticket, build in some extra time to your journey and change trains to make it hard to piece together your journey from CCTV and surveillance sources.
If travelling in a town, avoid moving through the major shopping areas, or 'controlled environments' such as shopping centres. These have the highest level of CCTV coverage.
Always assume that public transport vehicles have CCTV installed - travelling during peak hours will help mask your presence.
To make following you in person or via CCTV more difficult do not wear distinctive clothes or carry distinctive objects - blend in.
Darkness aids anonymity, but is not a foolproof solution to the latest CCTV cameras which can see in the dark.