In Summer 2009, Evan Ratliff, a journalist for Wired magazine, tried to ‘disappear’ for 25 days. He was caught by some tenacious Wired readers who, through Twitter and IRC channels, pooled their information and tracked him down. It’s a fun read and shows how hard it is to escape surveillance and one’s online identity.
Now Wired is carrying out the experiment again, offering 4 members of the public the chance to win $10,000 by successfully disappearing for a month.
