Bikelock-guy got ID and sentenced with roughly similar hygiene tips. There's no hiding really.
Cops/Feds can do parallel construction to nail you anyway. Use the fancy technology to discover what happened, build the case backwards with old fashioned techniques.
They never have to reveal the advantages they have, it's rigged.
Chicken-little isn't a rationalization for lowering security practices. Let corrupt (not all are) police investigations go-ahead and attack the defenses of a prepared adversary.