Evan Ratliff was captured this week. He's the Wired Magazine contributor who decided to see for himself whether it's possible to disappear and reemerge with a brand new identity in the digital age. Wired Magazine launched a contest. Whoever located him within one month would get $5,000 ($3,000 paid by Ratliff himself). A little lighter in the wallet, Ratliff talks about his brief life on the run.
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I love Bob for saying he understood next to nothing of the written accounts of how Ratliff was found because I felt the same way when I read them. The methodologies are clearer to me now that I've listened to the show. Looking forward to the December issue of Wired...
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