[exDemMom]

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.

[nascarnation]

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

[familyop]

"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?

[Chickensoup]

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.

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I work with bad guys. My tax info, and my location is disappeared from the net. Most wealthy people too. I call every place that it is and they remove it into the physical search file. Wealthy communities in our area, have nothing online. Protects the citizens.