using such setup wouldn't prevent anyone from finding you if you did illegal things that really mattered, like donating to a terrorist organization
you can proudly use it to download torrents (because nobody cares and the feds won't triangulate a signal for torrents), but they can definitely do it for terrorism and intelligence matters.
(check out all the stories of spies who had radios, from the 1914 to SOE to cold war)
As a bonus, you even post your story on HN, a site where analysts from all the governments and major companies of the planet meet to talk about tech...
McDonald's has video cameras pointing at every inch of their property 24/7. All they need is a timestamp from the AP and they'll go find your license plate in the parking lot on the surveillance tapes.
What kind of idiot drives a car with a valid personal license plate while committing crime?
I don't even drive a car when I'm selling shit on craigslist for fear they'll look up the plate and do dumb shit when they're mad the drill I sold them has normal battery life.
Most criminals (they're risk takers) don't really think these things out and a large percentage of them get away all the time. Stuff goes wrong, footage goes missing, cameras don't work, prosecution bungles some rules, etc.
