The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of distinction between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
-- Sir William Francis Butler
Take control of your privacy by removing your personal information from the internet with this second edition.
Author Michael Bazzell has been well known in government circles for his ability to locate personal information about anyone through the internet. In Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information, he exposes the resources that broadcast your personal details to public view. He has researched each source and identified the best method to have your private details removed from the databases that store profiles on all of us.
This book will serve as a reference guide for anyone that values privacy. Each technique is explained in simple steps. It is written in a hands-on style that encourages the reader to execute the tutorials as they go. The author provides personal experiences from his journey to disappear from public view.
Much of the content of this book has never been discussed in any publication. Always thinking like a hacker, the author has identified new ways to force companies to remove you from their data collection systems. This book exposes loopholes that create unique opportunities for privacy seekers. Among other techniques, you will learn to:
Remove your personal information from dozens of public databases and people search websitesCreate free anonymous mail addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbersControl your privacy settings on social networks and remove sensitive dataProvide disinformation to conceal true private detailsForce data brokers to stop sharing your information with both private and public organizationsPrevent marketing companies from monitoring your browsing, searching, and shopping habitsRemove your landline and cellular telephone numbers from online websitesUse a credit freeze to eliminate the worry of financial identity theft and fraudChange your future habits to promote complete privacy and anonymityConduct a complete background check to verify proper information removal
