Are You Overexposed?

On the internet, that is. 

Do you share too much of yourself on blogs? 

Perhaps Facebook pictures and updates are your thing?

Do your Twitter updates offer up TMI (too much information)?

And all of a sudden you’re up for that dream job and you’ve got to try to erase the evidence?

Or perhaps you’ve reformed your evil ways and want to start out fresh.

There is help for you…though you deserve a scolding with this book recommendation!:-)

 USA Today writes about a new book, How To Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace. 

Yes, the book actually exists. And I love the book cover.  It reminds me of Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects. 

The book is written by a professional skip-tracer (had to look that up).  A skip-tracer is a private investigator or private detective who specializes in finding people who have attempted to disappear

The author on why his book resonates in an interview with USA Today:

Frank M. Ahearn: I do not think people really think about where their information ends up. There seems to be a trend to hate the identity thieves since they steal our information. However, we are being tuned to love companies who give us 10% off and track our purchases. We are also being tuned to love social media and guided to put our information online never knowing where it will end up, or even knowing if it will ever disappear.

He goes on to say:

We need to rethink what privacy actually is in the digital age. We need to be more aware of our surroundings and accept the fact that if we do something stupid in public, it can be on YouTube in five minutes and viewed by the world.

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