So tell us.. Wouldn't being "that guy with no fingerprints" be a more clear identifier, and draw more attention to yourself, than just having the same boring blurry imperfect fingerprints that the rest of us have?
If the goal is to increase your privacy, walking around with sanded off fingerprints sounds about as contrary to that goal as walking around with one of those fake eyeglass-nose-mustache disguises.
Probably not that much. I would say it's like shaving your head to disguise your hair color. Most people don't have shaved heads but enough do that it wouldn't make you stand out too much.
I came to mention that I do some ceramics and hadn't thought about losing fingerprints before but definitely have pretty smooth fingers now. Using grogged clay to throw with can be torture on your hands if you're not used to it.
Like someone mentioned I imagine the prints can be gathered directly by a photographic imaging method - my fingertips are smooth but they still have visual fingerprint patterning. Perhaps if I'm throwing more regularly that would go?
It would seem best to sand your fingerprints to the point where they still produce an image, but one that is too low quality to stand up in court, yet is still within the 'normal' bounds and won't arouse suspicion.
If the goal is to increase your privacy, walking around with sanded off fingerprints sounds about as contrary to that goal as walking around with one of those fake eyeglass-nose-mustache disguises.