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How to Wipe Yourself Off the Grid
There are lots of reasons to unplug from the grid. And I’m not talking about the electrical grid. I mean the “grid” as in the whole digital world. Maybe you’ve had it up to here (picture my hand at my forehead) with all the digital flotsam that inundates you every day from work e-mail to social network nattering. Perhaps you need to go on the lam. (We’re not here to judge.) Maybe you really need to get away from someone who makes you crazy or, quite seriously, from someone else’s abuse.
Your reasons are yours. However, we’re here to tell you that it isn’t going to be easy. Just do a search for your name on sites like Intelius, Whitepages, Reputation.com, Spokeo, Zabasearch, and Pipl. Odds are you’re easy to find. Just by virtue of reading this story on PCMag.com, we can guess you’re probably at a computer that has an IP address that can be tracked, and that’s where the problems begin. Cell phones, credit card purchases, travel check-ins, and even just a drive through a toll booth are all ways that you can be traced not just by Big Brother, but individuals as well. Skiptracers and private eyes can find what they need online to get to you if you continue to live digitally even after you’ve left your old life behind.
