How to Disappear Online

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It has been over ten years since I wrote How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace. In all truth, the art of disappearing hasn't changed much. People are the same, and technology is still technology. When people think about disappearing, they are myopic and focus on the technical items of life. The human side of earning money or what to do if you run into an old friend does not rank—a huge mistake. 

How to disappear in the digital age is about sharpening your skills as a human and executing a way of life dictated by a privacy philosophy. Getting to your destination without someone tracing you is a short part of the run. What happens on a boring Tuesday or meeting a new friend and how you deal with them will decide your fate. Hunters hunt, but the person across from you in a cafe is curious. 

How to disappear is a reinvention of self, not an on-the-run continuous motion. It is about finding a place and securing a lifestyle, without a fake identity. The smart disappear person learns how to disappear in society as themselves. If you need to disappear, schedule a consultation.

 To opt out of databases, follow the enclosed directions. 

Spokeo

1. Search for yourself using Spokeo and copy the URL for your listing.
2. Head to the Spokeo opt-out page, then paste the URL in the first text box.
3. Enter  an email address in the other second text box. This is required so they  can send a confirmation link. (Same rules as above apply—any address  that can get a confirmation email works here.)
4. Click “Remove this listing.”

Instant Checkmate

1. Head to the Instant Checkmate opt-out page.
2. Search for your report using your name and location.
3. Select  the report and enter your email address. You’ll have to confirm your  request via email, and removal could take up to 48 hours.PeopleSmart
4. Go to their opt out website, https://www.peoplesmart.com/optout-go.

Intelius

Find  your listing, and click 'That's The One'.Click for whom you are  removing the listing.Enter your email (we recommend using a masked  email) and perform the CAPTCHA.Remove Yourself from Intelius 

1. Go to their opt-out website, http://intelius.com/optout, and search for your listing.

Find your listing and click “select and continue”. 

1. You will have to enter your email address to verify your opt-out request.

Whitepages

1. Go to the Whitepages opt-out page.

Paste  in the URL of your listing. ... Verify the record you want removed and  click the “Remove me” button. ... Next, you'll have to enter your phone  number to receive via an automated confirmation call. ... Wait for the  verification robocall, then follow the prompts.