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How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace

How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace

byFrank Ahearn
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DB
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2012
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Nicely written. To the level of the layman without insult but a high enough standard for the well read. Great read!
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Lareign
4.0 out of 5 stars How To Disappear by Frank Ahearn
Reviewed in Canada on May 28, 2012
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An irreverent, humorous, and informative book written by a rascal. Lots of interesting stories and practical advice if you are seeking to "disappear". Thoroughly enjoyable.
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George W.
5.0 out of 5 stars A great "Guide"!
Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2015
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I've read it a few times, a great read, but many of the ideas are now outdated by newer technology. Don't expect this book to do exactly what it says you can do. That said, do buy it as it does get the wheels turning!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2016
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Good book
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Simon Lellouche
3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you want to entertain yourself- not very serious
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2018
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Short book written very very simply. I wished to learn something new and was expecting something more detailed.
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Anita L
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2017
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Low on real content.
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Reika
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical advice
Reviewed in Germany on August 26, 2020
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The book is filled with practical advice, the first one being don't buy the book online, don't borrow it from a library and if you buy it at a book store, pay cash, if you are serious about disappearing.
I read it out of curiosity and it was illuminating. I have to say, though, that it made me feel a bit paranoid, which is apparently a must-have feeling if you actually want to disappear successfully.
If you are serious about disappearing, you should definitely read it, but stick to the advice I mentioned in the first sentence!
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Zerberus
5.0 out of 5 stars Privatsphäre und Informationen
Reviewed in Germany on October 4, 2020
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Ein super Buch, nicht nur darüber wie man verschwindet, sondern auch darüber, wieso Privatsphäre so wichtig ist (Identitätsdiebstahl etc).
Der Mann hat wirklich Ahnung von was er schreibt, einige der Tipps sind wirklich super einfach umzusetzen und machen auch Sinn, wenn man nicht vor hat, zu verschwinden!
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S. Kirner
5.0 out of 5 stars Real-Life Gedanken zu einem real life Problem.
Reviewed in Germany on July 2, 2013
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Es liegt viel in den Händen der betroffenen Person, dass die ganze Chose nicht vergeblich gewesen sein soll.

Er rät, nicht das ganze Leben hinter sich zu lassen, wohl aber den Umgang mit Geld zu verändern, Hobbies und Sammelleidenschaften _endgültig, vollständig_ aufzugeben, und nur ein Minimum oder niemand einzubeziehen in die Planung.

Auch wird unterschieden, bzw. abgewogen, wieviel seines Besitzes man mitnehman will/kann, und, z.B. wie schnell man sich verdünnisieren will.

Es geht über viele Kapitel (berechtigterweise, da gut strukturiert) in dem Buch darum, Spuren zu löschen, verändern, oder falsche Spuren zu legen.

Das _englischsprachige_ Buch gliedert sich in folgende Kapitel:

1. Frank stellt sich vor
2. Er beschreibt, wie seinesgleichen vorgeht (vorging, das Business macht er nicht mehr), um Leute aufzufinden (pursue).
3. Welcher Mittel (z.B. zuvorkommende Unternehmens-Helplines) er sich bedient
4. Wann, und wie man verschwinden kann
5. Wie: verfälschte Infos streuen, bewusste Veränderungen, Ungenauigkeiten in den Pers. Infos, die man überall hinterläßt. Wo und wann
6. Was in deinen einzelnen Räumen und den Kleidungsstücken an Infos zu finden ist
7. Wie: direkt falsche Infos erzeugen und über sich verbreiten, wo und wann.
8. Welche Szenarien alle geeignet sind _und_ beachtet werden müssen, will man keine weiteren Infos hinterlassen, Orte, Umstände, Zeiten.
9. Leben mit nicht verfolgbaren Spuren
10. Wie man NICHT veschwinden sollte (falsche Pässe oder sowas)
11. Wie man sich zumindest entzieht, wenn die eigene ID missbraucht wird. Arten des ID-Diebstahles (Business, Criminal, Financial, Medical oder Synthetic Intrusion).
12. Social Media
13. einem unerwünschten Dating-Kontakt entkommen
14. einem Stalker entkommen
15. Das Land unbehelligt und unerkannt verlassen, nach 'unbekannt'
16. Schein-Selbstmord, und warum das nichts taugt
17. Schlussgedanken: Verschwinden ist schwierig, mühsam, es fordert das ganze Individuum, und es kann gefährlich sein.

ich kann das Buch empfehlen, die Sprache ist am Anfang etwas rauhbeinig, das legt sich aber schnell, und manche Bezeichnung für gewisse Mitmenschen ist durchaus passend.
Kauf-Empfehlung, auch, weil die 200 Seiten nicht mit Wiederholungen erreicht werden, sondern der Leser erhält ein gut strukturiertes Werk für unter 13 Euro. You get beef, not pastry.
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Marcus Riemer
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining - but that's it
Reviewed in Germany on January 13, 2020
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You need something to read while you do other stuff in locations where there's not very much to do - well then keep this book on a shelf in your bathroom and have a good laugh
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