How to Be Invisible

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1. pogueFeb 2022
   The best defense is a good offense.

   1) Use a service like JoinDeleteMe to have your name removed from public searchable databases. https://tinyurl.com/DeleteMePermanently That link will take 20% off your order.

   2) Use a service like https://simpleoptout.com/ to opt-out of sites and services you personally use that DeleteMe doesn't cover.

   3) Now that credit freezing is free, freeze all your credit reports. Brian Krebs has a good article on doing this: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/credit-freezes-are-free-...

   4) Read JJ Luna's "How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life 3rd Edition" https://amzn.to/3qxkTWV He also has a website where you can register "ghost" addresses and LLCs that you can use to register your car title too and other financial assets to so they will be protected in case of a lawsuit or anything as they will not be able to identify you. https://www.jjluna.com/

   5) Turn on 2FA for EVERYHING https://2fa.directory/

   6) I created a list of anti-fingerprinting/security/privacy extensions I personally use: https://bitbin.it/ppcd0UpZ/

   7) Get a VPN. I recommend https://tinyurl.com/WindScribe321 - they give you 10GB free a month, but it's only $4/mo if you pay for a year and you get access to unlimited devices, so you can have a VPN on your PC, phone, and any other devices you use. They have been vetted by Torrentfreak and keep no logs and do not give information to law enforcement: https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/#wind...

   There's probably countless other things you could do, it just depends on how paranoid you are and how deep down the OpSec rabbit hole you want to go where it becomes an issue of convivence vs. constant security for everything you do.

   Hope that helps.

   pogue

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2. dkerstenMar 2017
   You might enjoy the book "how to be invisible" by J. J. Luna
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3. nickpsecurityNov 2016
   Better off reading JJ Luna's How to Be Invisible plus espionage non-fiction about Cold War fieldcraft. Then just stop using electronics when you really want privacy. Also, if you do crypto, make it look like HTTPS or something normal to be lost in the crowds over WiFi proxies. Signal and Tor screams "Look at me!"

   Truth is, though, you wont be participating with most people online if you have very strong INFOSEC and OPSEC. The baseline is just way too low with insecurity and surveillance everywhere.

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4. dkerstenJul 2012
   Agreed. The book "how to be invisible" makes a good case for how easy it is to match a persons name to their address and why this is a bad thing.
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5. dkerstenFeb 2010
   The book "How to be Invisible"[1] makes a few good arguments for privacy too.

   For example, if you are charged with a serious felony, but later released because you are actually innocent - lack of privacy almost ensures that your life is ruined anyway, even though you are innocent, because the media loves to blow everything out of proportion - but rarely seems to go back and correct their earlier stories when you've been found innocent, or if they do, most people have already read the sensationalized news condemning you and the damage is already done.

   So, without even breaking any laws or doing anything wrong, without privacy you might find your life ruined anyway.

   [1] How to be Invisible, by JJ Luna, http://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Invisible-Essential-Protecting/...

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6. dkerstenAug 2009
   Thats why I started reading the book "How to be invisible", very good actually.
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