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9780312319069

How to Be Invisible : The Essential Guide to Protecting Your Personal Privacy, Your Assets, and Your Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312319069

  • ISBN10:

    0312319061

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-03-18
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $24.99

Summary

From cyberspace to crawl spaces, new innovations in information gathering have left the private life of the average person open to scrutiny, and worse, exploitation. In this thoroughly revised update of his immensely popular guide How to Be Invisible , J.J. Luna shows you how to protect yourself from these information predators by securing your vehicle and real estate ownership, your bank accounts, your business dealings, your computer files, your home address, and more. J.J. Luna, a highly trained and experienced security consultant, shows you how to achieve the privacy you crave and deserve, whether you just want to shield yourself from casual scrutiny or take your life savings with you and disappearing without a trace. Whatever your needs, Luna reveals the shocking secrets that private detectives and other seekers of personal information use to uncover information and then shows how to make a serious commitment to safeguarding yourself. There is a prevailing sense in our society that true privacy is a thing of the past. Filled with vivid real life stories drawn from the headlines and from Luna's own consulting experience, How to Be Invisible, Revised Edition is a critical antidote to the privacy concerns that continue only to grow in magnitude as new and more efficient ways of undermining our personal security are made available. Privacy is a commonly-lamented casualty of the Information Age and of the world's changing climate-but that doesn't mean you have to stand for it.

Author Biography

J. J. (Jack) Luna sold his outdoor advertising business in the Upper Midwest in 1959 and moved with his wife and small children to Spain's Canary Islands (off the coast of West Africa). Outwardly, he worked as a professional writer and photographer. Secretly, however, he dodged the Spanish Secret Police while working underground in an activity that was at that time illegal under the dictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. In 1970 Franco, yielding to intense pressure from the western world, moderated Spain's laws. Luna was now free to come in from the cold. By that time, however, privacy had become an ingrained habit. In the years that followed he started up various low-profile home-based businesses, built them up and then sold them. He is currently an international consultant specializing in personal privacy and security.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
How This Book Can Make You Invisiblep. 3
U.S. Mail--Serious Dangersp. 20
When Is a "Lie" Not a Lie?p. 39
Mailboxes, Public and Privatep. 47
How to Obtain Your Own "Ghost" Addressp. 57
Repairmen, Home Deliveries, House Calls, FedEx, UPSp. 72
Untraceable Trash, Anonymous Utilitiesp. 83
Your Social Security Number and Date of Birthp. 90
Your Alternate Names and Signaturesp. 110
Telephones and Answering Machinesp. 121
Cell Phones and Pagersp. 140
Handheld Two-Way Radiosp. 148
How to Find and Use Nomineesp. 157
Bank Accounts and Money Transfersp. 161
Limited Liability Companiesp. 173
Hidden Ownership of Vehicles and Real Estatep. 182
Personal Computersp. 197
E-Mail and the Internetp. 211
How to Secretly Run a Home-Based Businessp. 232
Secret Spaces, Hidden Placesp. 240
Cool Stuff That Did Not Fit In Earlierp. 248
An Exam, a Secret, and an Invitationp. 266
Glossaryp. 275
Appendixp. 276
Indexp. 279
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