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Here's how to delete your digital & real estate footprint so I can't ๐งต:
Here's how to delete your digital & real estate footprint so I can't ๐งต:
First we'll talk digital footprints & then we'll finish with your real estate addresses.
Step 1: Make a list of every email account you've ever used.
Use the steps below to find them on various platforms.
Once you reset or find the passwords, log them all into a spreadsheet.
Step 1: Make a list of every email account you've ever used.
Use the steps below to find them on various platforms.
Once you reset or find the passwords, log them all into a spreadsheet.
2. Google every username you ever remember using & go deep.
Add them to your spreadsheet with their associated websites.
Don't forget the Pokemon forum you posted in in 2007!
Use knowem . com to search for your DrAgOnSlAyEr69 username to see where else you used it
Add them to your spreadsheet with their associated websites.
Don't forget the Pokemon forum you posted in in 2007!
Use knowem . com to search for your DrAgOnSlAyEr69 username to see where else you used it
3. IMPORTANT: Enter in every email and phone you can remember using on HaveIBeenPwned . com
This site will tell you if they've ever been in a data breach.
Make note of that in a column in your spreadsheet.
This site will tell you if they've ever been in a data breach.
Make note of that in a column in your spreadsheet.
4. Take it another step deeper and see how many accounts are linked directly to your Gmail accounts using the below steps.
Add that to your sheet as well.
Add that to your sheet as well.
5. Do the same with popular social media platforms.
Don't overlook Facebook & LinkedIn.
Don't overlook Facebook & LinkedIn.
6. Search these words in your email accounts for any accounts you might have missed.
7. Start deleting.
IMPORTANT! For random forums, you need to delete all comments & posts before deleting the account.
The content may stay even when the account is gone (Reddit)
If it's a site you may use again, change the username to something anon
Otherwise just delete
IMPORTANT! For random forums, you need to delete all comments & posts before deleting the account.
The content may stay even when the account is gone (Reddit)
If it's a site you may use again, change the username to something anon
Otherwise just delete
8. If you can't find a "Delete Account" option, email the site and request it.
Note: In most US states, companies don't HAVE to delete your data.
Regulations are only strict in 3 (CA, CO and VA).
But most sites will comply if you ask formally.
Europe is more strict with GDPR
Note: In most US states, companies don't HAVE to delete your data.
Regulations are only strict in 3 (CA, CO and VA).
But most sites will comply if you ask formally.
Europe is more strict with GDPR
9. There used to be a site that would help automate all this but I forget the name. Be wary of them as well.
This process is tedious but well worth the time. Worth doing manually IMO
Old forum usernames are often overlooked.
Continue below for real estate address privacy tips:
This process is tedious but well worth the time. Worth doing manually IMO
Old forum usernames are often overlooked.
Continue below for real estate address privacy tips:
10. Start with the low hanging fruit: WhitePages . com
20 MILLION people per month use it to stalk you
Go there & search for yourself. Yep, there you are!
Copy that URL and paste it under their suppression requests tab & follow the steps.
You're not done though!
20 MILLION people per month use it to stalk you
Go there & search for yourself. Yep, there you are!
Copy that URL and paste it under their suppression requests tab & follow the steps.
You're not done though!
11. Set up a Google Alert with your name in quotation marks & part of your address in quotation marks to see where else your address might be available.
You'll want to use this to find more sites to scrub clean AND you'll want it active for (only) the rest of your life.
You'll want to use this to find more sites to scrub clean AND you'll want it active for (only) the rest of your life.
12. Start finding the White Pages clones.
The good news is that many sites use WP's API to pull your data directly. Once it's gone from WP it MAY be gone from others
The bad news is that many other sites don't. They get your data from who knows where?
Some other popular ones:
The good news is that many sites use WP's API to pull your data directly. Once it's gone from WP it MAY be gone from others
The bad news is that many other sites don't. They get your data from who knows where?
Some other popular ones:
13: Don't forget:
True People Search
Truth Finder
Been Verified
Zaba Search
Peek You
People Finders
Intelius
411
Anywho
Fast People Search
Yellowbook
Addresses . com
Request to opt out of all of them. They should comply.
Now to cover your tracks:
True People Search
Truth Finder
Been Verified
Zaba Search
Peek You
People Finders
Intelius
411
Anywho
Fast People Search
Yellowbook
Addresses . com
Request to opt out of all of them. They should comply.
Now to cover your tracks:
14. Go to CourtRecordFinder . com
Those guys have been aggregating court data since 2007!
Email them & request to be opted out.
This will be a high ROI activity.
Those guys have been aggregating court data since 2007!
Email them & request to be opted out.
This will be a high ROI activity.
15: You still need an address!
I recommend a UPS Box, as most PO boxes are sold out
Also, walking into a UPS store is 10x better than walking into a post office, no?
It's cheap. Or you can also use private services like Traveling Mailbox. (0 affiliation w/ anything mentioned)
I recommend a UPS Box, as most PO boxes are sold out
Also, walking into a UPS store is 10x better than walking into a post office, no?
It's cheap. Or you can also use private services like Traveling Mailbox. (0 affiliation w/ anything mentioned)
16: Go to the County Clerk's office. Your source for:
Court records
Marriage licenses
Old wills
Probate cases
Deeds & mortgages
Government surveys
Civil circuit files
Birth certificates
Call beforehand to see how much data scrubbing will be possible, as this varies widely
Court records
Marriage licenses
Old wills
Probate cases
Deeds & mortgages
Government surveys
Civil circuit files
Birth certificates
Call beforehand to see how much data scrubbing will be possible, as this varies widely
17. Go to the DMV.
I know, I know, that's why this tweet is buried at the end.
I'd rather be punched in the face than go to the DMV, but it makes a difference!
Call beforehand & see if you can change your address of record to your new virtual address.
I know, I know, that's why this tweet is buried at the end.
I'd rather be punched in the face than go to the DMV, but it makes a difference!
Call beforehand & see if you can change your address of record to your new virtual address.
18. Check with your mortgage lender to see if they "allow privacy vehicle documentation"
See if your can get your properties in an LLC or a trust.
If not, start doing that from now on, and consult a lawyer
It's not perfect, but it's a ton of friction for guys like me.
See if your can get your properties in an LLC or a trust.
If not, start doing that from now on, and consult a lawyer
It's not perfect, but it's a ton of friction for guys like me.
19. My suggestion? Choose only the things above that fit your time budget
We'll never be perfectly private but this will help
I find commercial real estate owners' contact info to buy their properties & hope they aren't reading this!
Always appreciate a follow @mhp_guy
We'll never be perfectly private but this will help
I find commercial real estate owners' contact info to buy their properties & hope they aren't reading this!
Always appreciate a follow @mhp_guy
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