What could previously have been disguised as a casual knitting circle is now a bunch of people who have to wear masks, unable to bring their phones with them, taking public transit and paying exclusively in cash having to meet in a tech free zone

Sadly, even those precautions are ineffective for many (most?) people in the US, unless they can find transportation that avoids the surveillance cameras that are nearly ubiquitous in cities.

Related:
https://sls.eff.org/
https://alpr.watch/
https://deflock.me/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY [Benn Jordan]