How to Disappear

Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace

Frank Ahearn and Eileen Horan

For the first time in paperback we bring you the authoritative and comprehensive guide for people who seek to protect their privacy as well as for anyone who’s ever entertained the fantasy of disappearing—whether actually dropping out of sight or by eliminating the traceable evidence of their existence.

Written by the world’s leading experts on finding people and helping people avoid being found, How to Disappear covers everything from tools for disappearing to discovering and eliminating the nearly invisible tracks and clues we tend to leave wherever we go. Learn the three keys to disappearing, all about your electronic footprints, the dangers and opportunities of social networking sites, and how to disappear from a stalker.

Frank Ahearn and Eileen Horan provide field-tested methods for maintaining privacy, as well as tactics and strategies for protecting personal information and preventing identity theft. They explain and illustrate key tactics such as misinformation (destroying all the data known about you); disinformation (creating fake trails); and, finally, reformation—the act of getting you from point A to point B without leaving clues.

Ahearn illustrates every step with real-life stories of his fascinating career, from undercover work to nab thieving department store employees to a stint as a private investigator; and, later, as a career “skip tracer” who finds people who don’t want to be found. In 1997, when news broke of President Bill Clinton’s dalliance with a White House intern, Ahearn was hired to find her. When Oscar statuettes were stolen in Beverly Hills, Ahearn pinpointed a principal in the caper to help solve the case. When Russell Crowe threw a telephone at a hotel clerk in 2005, Ahearn located the victim and hid him from the media.

An indispensable resource not just for those determined to become utterly anonymous, but also for just about anyone in the brave new world of on-line information, How to Disappear sums up Ahearn’s dual philosophy: Don’t break the law, but know how to protect yourself.

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 208 • Trim: 5½ x 7½

978-1-4930-4528-0 • Paperback • September 2019 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

Subjects: Reference / Survival & Emergency Preparedness, Reference / Personal & Practical Guides

How to Disappear

Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace

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For the first time in paperback we bring you the authoritative and comprehensive guide for people who seek to protect their privacy as well as for anyone who’s ever entertained the fantasy of disappearing—whether actually dropping out of sight or by eliminating the traceable evidence of their existence.

Written by the world’s leading experts on finding people and helping people avoid being found, How to Disappear covers everything from tools for disappearing to discovering and eliminating the nearly invisible tracks and clues we tend to leave wherever we go. Learn the three keys to disappearing, all about your electronic footprints, the dangers and opportunities of social networking sites, and how to disappear from a stalker.

Frank Ahearn and Eileen Horan provide field-tested methods for maintaining privacy, as well as tactics and strategies for protecting personal information and preventing identity theft. They explain and illustrate key tactics such as misinformation (destroying all the data known about you); disinformation (creating fake trails); and, finally, reformation—the act of getting you from point A to point B without leaving clues.

Ahearn illustrates every step with real-life stories of his fascinating career, from undercover work to nab thieving department store employees to a stint as a private investigator; and, later, as a career “skip tracer” who finds people who don’t want to be found. In 1997, when news broke of President Bill Clinton’s dalliance with a White House intern, Ahearn was hired to find her. When Oscar statuettes were stolen in Beverly Hills, Ahearn pinpointed a principal in the caper to help solve the case. When Russell Crowe threw a telephone at a hotel clerk in 2005, Ahearn located the victim and hid him from the media.

An indispensable resource not just for those determined to become utterly anonymous, but also for just about anyone in the brave new world of on-line information, How to Disappear sums up Ahearn’s dual philosophy: Don’t break the law, but know how to protect yourself.

Details

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 208 • Trim: 5½ x 7½

978-1-4930-4528-0 • Paperback • September 2019 • $16.95 • (£12.99)

Subjects: Reference / Survival & Emergency Preparedness, Reference / Personal & Practical Guides

Author

Frank Ahearn is a privacy consultant who helps people who want to start a new life. He began his carreer working undercover in retail, looking for employees stealing from department stores. That lead to a career in private investigating and becoming a "skip tracer," a person who finds people who don't want to be found.

Along with his partner and co-author, Eileen C. Horan, Ahern ran a consulting business out of a virtual office. Born and bred in the Bronx, he now spends his time in Venice Beach, CA with long periods in New York City.

Table of Contents

1. How to Disappear
2. Database Sites
3. Disappearing Tools
4. Tracks and Clues in the Home
5. The Three Keys to Disappearing
6. Misinformation
7. The Disinformatin of Louie
8. The Disinformation of Donna
9. Reformation
10. Offshore Information
11. Reformation Via Corporations
12. Reformation in the Name of God
13. Electronic Footprints
14. Exit Strategy
15. Disappearing Tips
16. Social Networking Sites
17. Disappear from a Stalker

Reviews

“It may shock the hell out of you. It did me…. I couldn't put this book down, finding out all of the ways anyone could get their hands on information about any of us. You're more vulnerable than you may think.” - Tammy Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

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A leading expert's guide to maintaining privacy, protecting personal information, and preventing identity theft

How to Disappear

Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace

Frank Ahearn and Eileen Horan

How to Disappear

Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace

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