How to Be Invisible, Third Edition: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life Book

Preface: What's Changed, and What Stays the Same xi

1 How This Book Can Make You Invisible 1

2 Separate Your Name from Your Home Address 16

3 When Is a "Lie" Not a Lie? 31

4 Mailboxes, Public and Private 38

5 How to Obtain Your Own "Ghost" Address 47

6 Repairmen, Home Deliveries, FedEx, UPS 58

7 Untraceable Trash, Anonymous Utilities 71

8 Your Social Security Number and Date of Birth 78

9 Your Alternate Names and Signatures 96

10 Landline Telephones and Answering Machines 106

11 Smartphones, Dumbphones, Pagers 118

12 E-mail and the Internet 128

13 How to Locate a Trustworthy Nominee 142

14 Bank Accounts and Money Transfers 150

15 New Mexico Limited Liability Companies 164

16 Hidden Ownership of Vehicles and Real Estate 170

17 Laptop Computers 183

18 The Dangers of Facebook Are Real 192

19 The Art of Pretexting, aka Social Engineering 201

20 Secret Spaces, Hidden Places 207

21 How to Secretly Run a Home-Based Business 213

22 The Dangers of Facial Recognition 220

23 Ten Additional Privacy Tips 225

24 How to Disappear and Never Be Found 235

25 Cool Stuff That Did Not Fit in Earlier 243

26 Considering a Move to Another Country? 258

27 International Privacy 101 266

28 A Sad Story, a Secret, and a Few Predictions 280

Appendix 289

Index 295