The Discordant Opposition Journal Issue 6 - File 7
:Ways to stay hidden from People Finding Websites:
Kleptic (kleptic@grex.org)
Heres a few steps you can take to protect your private information. If you don't want to find your name and home address slashed across the world wide web... try one or more of the following techniques:
- Get an unlisted phone number. This prevents the bulk of people- tracking web sites from finding your name, address, and phone number in a telephone directory.
- Use a fake name. The phone company doesn't care what name you use, just as long as you pay your phone bills on time. A fake name will throw off the majority of some of these so called 'people tracking websites'. even if someone knows your actual phone number.
- Contact the people-finding website directly and request that your name be removed from their listing. Unfortunately, with so many people finding websites popping all over the place, this might mean contacting a dozen different websites and then theres still no guarantee that a new people finding website won't turn up with your informaton anyway.
<*> If you don't want to make your email address available to anyone who might be searching for it, try one of more of the following techniques:
- Use an anonymous remailer before posting any messages to a Usenet newsgroup. This method also helps keep your email address off mailing lists used by spammers.
- Change email addresses frequently. If receiving email isn't that important to you, use multiple email accounts and shut them down periodically.
<*> If you really need to hide, avoid leaving a paper trail of any sort. Don't sign up for telephone service (or, if you must, use a fake name); avoid using credit cards; pay cash for everything; avoid magazine subscriptions that use your real name. Eliminating your paper trail can be a lot of work, but it might be worth it if you are hiding from someone dangerous (like the Internal Revenue Service).
Keep It Real!
-= KLEPTIC =-
kleptic@grex.org
