I envisage that somewhere in the world, once Big Brother truly kicks in, it will be legally possible to do this:
- Have a large building, perhaps the size of a city block and several stories high
- Shield the external walls and roof to the max
- Have dozens of entrances and exits
- Hundreds of data connections, encrypted as much as possible
- Cash to enter, no ID or questions asked – like an internet cafe on steroids
The idea being that even though the authorities might be able to track you to a specific location, they can not connect you to the data connections of the building – because it is so large and busy.
It would be like a brothel from current days – you might be seen going in, but nobody can prove what you got up to. Except the Black Box Building has no witnesses looking over your shoulder.
The only downside – you need to inherently trust the people who run it. And anyone can be bought.
I suspect that if the idea takes off, as long as you use one of the lesser BBBs, and the authorities aren’t especially interested in you, and it has no high-profile clients – you might be OK.
But the real Cloakers will avoid digital altogether.
