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from the but-did-he-send-a-swab-to-FamilyTreeDNA dept.
In 2017, Jameson Lopp, who works in Bitcoin security decided to try, and has largely succeeded in becoming invisible.
Mr. Lopp viewed the exercise as something of an experiment, to find out the lengths he’d have to go to extricate himself from the databases and other repositories that hold our personal information and make it available to anyone willing to pay for it. That helps explain why he was willing to describe the steps he’s taken with me (though he did so from a burner phone, without disclosing his new location).
Lopp outlined the 15 steps he went through to accomplish this in some detail with clarifying information and explanatory notes.
1. Create a new corporate identity.
2. Set up new bank accounts and payment cards.
3. Carry cash.
4. Get a new phone number.
5. Stop using the phone for directions.
6. Move.
7. Make up a fake name for casual interactions.
8. Create a V.P.N. for home internet use.
9. Buy a boring car.
10. Buy a decoy house to fool the D.M.V.
11. Set up a private mailbox and remailing service.
12. Master the art of disguise.
13. Work remotely.
14. Encrypt devices when traveling remotely.
15. Hire private investigators to check your work.
Overall Jameson indicates it took about $30k to disappear.
If you are thinking $30k is a bargain, be aware this cost him in both time and ongoing inconvenience. Also if you have a family in the mix you can likely write it off completely.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by looorg on Sunday April 07 2019, @05:41PM
Inconvenient doesn't even begin to describe it if you want to life in a modern society of today. Sure, I think we can all get behind the cash part, if you want to remain hidden tho isn't a phone a giant nono? Fake name sounds inconvenient, after all you have to remember all the people you ever lied to. Disguises, sounds like a waste of time.
The corporation, is that not so you can buy a large amount of properties, or just land in the middle of nowhere and then set up your unabomber-style-shack and live there off the grid?
But overall the points doesn't seem in order of execution. He sets up a lot of things and then he moves. Shouldn't you move first and then set up all the things? Sure if you want to buy property as a corp you have to set that up first and then fill it with money and such but still.
I like the part about hiring a private investigator to check up on you from time to time to see what they can discover. Sounds interesting.