I read a strange but fascinating article about a man who seems to have faked his death for the insurance money, then turned himself in to the authorities claiming amnesia after he started turning up in Google searches. The last part is probably a coincidence, but nobody really seems to know at this point.
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Yet the story also shows that even if the desire remains deep and universal, the technical difficulties involved in a successful disappearance are increasing all the time. Video surveillance cameras, DNA testing, biometric identification techniques, the electronic banking system, the tax authorities, and, yes, the unexpected hazard of Google are going to make this sort of caper ever harder to pull off. Even the farthest-away, most obscure place one can think of—Panama, say—is now inhabited by people with cameras in their cell phones.
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Panama is where this particular Briton showed up after disappearing into the North Sea in a canoe. |
I mean, even if he survived the waves, exposure, dehydration, etc., the Gulf Stream flows the other way.
