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

Description

"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. Using real life stories and his own consulting experience, J.J. Luna shows you legal methods for protecting yourself from information predators and how to secure your bank accounts, business dealings, computer files, and even your home address. In this third updated edition, there are new sections on: *New dangers from using smart phones, e-book readers and other electronic devices *Protecting your Facebook, Twitter and online banking accounts *How to rent, buy or build a safe house *How and where to hide cash, silver and gold *And much more"--;Preface: What's changed, and what stays the same -- How this book can make you invisible -- Separate your name from your home address -- When is a "lie" not a lie? -- Mailboxes, public and private -- How to obtain your own "ghost" address -- Repairmen, home deliveries, FedEx, UPS -- Untraceable trash, anonymous utilities -- Your Social Security number and date of birth -- Your alternate names and signatures -- Landline telephones and answering machines -- Smartphones, dumbphones, pagers -- E-mail and the Internet -- How to locate a trustworthy nominee -- Bank accounts and money transfers -- New Mexico limited liability companies -- Hidden ownership of vehicles and real estate -- Laptop computers -- The dangers of Facebook are real -- The art of pretexting, aka social engineering -- Secret spaces, hidden places -- How to secretly run a home-based business -- The dangers of facial recognition -- Ten additional privacy tips -- How to disappear and never be found -- Cool stuff that did not fit in earlier -- Considering a move to another country? -- International privacy 101 -- A sad story, a secret, and a few predictions.