How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace

by Frank M. Ahearn

to send an e-mail that it will print out and send as a physical letter. • Freedom phones. Available in Asia, these phones have all tracking devices removed. They are more expensive than common phone carriers, but are useful if you need to be in frequent communication. You can find them now at www.ptshamrock.com/auto/freedomphone.htm, but sources for these will change with time, so your best bet is to start with a Google search. NOT RECOMMENDED: CAMOUFLAGE PASSPORTS As you prepare to disappear, you might come across Web sites selling “camouflage” or fake passports. Their makers tout them as “protection for security-conscious international travelers,” but they are often sought by people wishing to conceal their identity, misrepresent themselves, or commit fraud.