all over the Internet for everyone to see? How could that possibly be a good thing? Think of this chapter as “disappearing lite” for those of you who just want to make yourselves a little less vulnerable to identity thieves—to reduce your information footprint, your digital footprint. To protect yourself from what we in the business call intrusion, you can take several preemptive steps to secure your personal information. First, let me define “intrusion” for you. Intrusion, n.: a criminal act in which an individual claiming to be you uses your personal information for financial gain.
