You're not entirely wrong; ultimately if they put enough resources towards it they can probably catch quite a number of people. But governments have limited resources and really don't track everyone all the time. Not even in 2026 are they able to do that yet. It helps if you maintain some level of opsec. If they really want to get you, they can get close, but see eg Ed Snowden; who managed to stay ahead of the US government just long enough to reach relative safety (FSVO).

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nandomrumber 2 days ago | parent [-]

Snowden’s experience doesn’t generalise to, well, anyone really.

	▲	Kim_Bruning 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, I wouldn't personally recommend single-handedly taking on the most powerful nation on earth, myself. But turns out that if your opsec is decent, and even using mostly publicly available tools like Snowden did, you might survive even that. In the nuanced case, normal people applying more normal opsec can handle more normal things, would seem to follow.