Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

How to DISAPPEAR from the internet: Nine-step guide
The Daily Mail ^ | 3-7-14 | Victoria Woollaston

Posted on 03/08/2014 6:58:10 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Could you give up the internet for Lent - or even for good?

Following various reports about companies stealing information and complaints about oversharing on social media, a web hosting firm has created a nine-step guide on how to disappear from the web completely.

It includes deactivating accounts, removing links from search results and how to remove yourself from various lists - and for people who'd rather just stay hidden than disappear, the guide also gives tips on how to use the internet anonymously.

'Social media has made everyone’s life an open book - one that’s open a bit too far in some cases.

‘For [people] concerned about their personal information potentially costing them jobs and relationships, the decision to ‘pull the plug’ is an increasingly attractive one,' said London-based WhoIsHostingThis (WIHT).

‘While it might seem impossible to keep your private life private, the truth is you can disappear online with a little effort and dedication.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: anonymous; internet; surfing; vanish
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-46 next last
To: afraidfortherepublic
I thought all I had to do to disappear from the Internet was to post an Opus here and then the moderators would zot me out of existence.

That's still true, isn't it?

21 posted on 03/08/2014 7:55:38 AM PST by SamAdams76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Bump for reference.


22 posted on 03/08/2014 7:58:07 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

bookmark


23 posted on 03/08/2014 8:02:07 AM PST by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

24 posted on 03/08/2014 8:02:51 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

I don’t think any amount of removing yourself from Facebook, etc., will remove you from the internet.

Whenever you buy property or do anything that is a matter of public record, that information ends up on the internet. I was contacted a couple of years ago by someone who had never met me, but who knew my name and used it to find my mailing address by a Google search. Fortunately, this was a person I wanted to get to know as soon as I learned about her.

The fact is, you cannot hide. This was true even before the internet. You could probably become a hermit—but that is extreme.


25 posted on 03/08/2014 8:07:37 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: exDemMom

Moving to North Korea might do it, but it’s not a very pleasant way to accomplish internet anonymity.


26 posted on 03/08/2014 8:12:52 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Delta 21

Cant one post to FR through a proxy ?


27 posted on 03/08/2014 8:12:54 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: George from New England

You can post to here from anywhere you like, but you have to be logged in to do it.


28 posted on 03/08/2014 8:16:43 AM PST by Delta 21 (If you like your freedom, you can keep your freedom. Period.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic
Fasmail.fm used to be a good site for free "disposable" email accounts but now they want premium accounts.

Using them you now just sign up for other accounts using fictitious addresses. Go to, www.usps.com/ then use the zip finder app to find real city zip codes.

29 posted on 03/08/2014 8:17:07 AM PST by nomad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeProBono


PREFECT ©

30 posted on 03/08/2014 8:21:02 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Do they include instructions on how to do a good opus here on FR?


31 posted on 03/08/2014 8:25:40 AM PST by jocon307
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

bump


32 posted on 03/08/2014 8:35:54 AM PST by GirlShortstop (Every person has a duty to seek and serve the truth. Abp Charles J. Chaput, OFMCap)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

To remove yourself from whitepages.com you have to create an account. That’s hardly being invisible. IOW, they have you over a barrel. You can NOT disappear. Ever.


33 posted on 03/08/2014 8:48:44 AM PST by bgill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

There is no way to unsubscribe to mylife.com


34 posted on 03/08/2014 9:03:27 AM PST by bgill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nomad

for two bucks a month i also use a proxy server from firefox. It has annoying consequences like my bank web site doesn’t like it because it assumes it’s a foriegn computer but that is a good thing.


35 posted on 03/08/2014 9:54:57 AM PST by kvanbrunt2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: exDemMom
"You could probably become a hermit—but that is extreme."

Let's see... Sirens, traffic noise, neighbors yelling, dogs barking, sounds of televisions, radios, low flying aircraft, frequent knocks at the door, more visitors, more telephone calls, folks with nothing better to do than cruising and ogling the residents of the typical metropolitan human Zoo,...

Or living as a semi-hermit with peace, quiet and natural scenery, indulging in hobbies and physical fitness with few distractions, rarely experiencing the above sights and sounds?

Which is more extreme?


36 posted on 03/08/2014 12:15:44 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: jocon307

Of all the Opus’s, (opusii ?) posted on FReep, I’ve yet to read a “good opus”. They are all self-serving and yawners.


37 posted on 03/08/2014 12:28:38 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: familyop

Wow! You just described my life in Idaho!!...the living as a semi-hermit paragraph.


38 posted on 03/08/2014 12:30:27 PM PST by Cuttnhorse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Cuttnhorse
Opus is Latin third declension neuter. The plural is opera.
39 posted on 03/08/2014 12:33:53 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: G Larry

You can sign up and give them all the wrong information.


40 posted on 03/08/2014 12:34:54 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-46 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson