The practice of disappearing

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LEVEL 1: DON'T GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE

The average person has a fairly short attention span. Such a person may be looking for you for several days or a month, but if he fails, he loses interest and switches to something else - someone else. To keep such people at a distance, you do not need to give up online communication. You just need to change your habits a little.

Websites.
Do not include your address and phone number on the sites you visit.

Email addresses.
Do not provide your personal email address. Set up filters so that all public correspondence goes to a mailbox separate from personal correspondence.

Third parties.
Use a kind of buffer instead of in person with annoying customers or operators. So it will be possible to contact you, but on condition that you have agreed on this in advance.

Social networks.
Improve your privacy on social media. Many social networks allow you to weed out unauthorized users, report undesirable behavior, or transfer public accounts to private ones. Use these settings.

Phones.
Do not answer calls without numbers or from numbers you do not know.

I can also recommend the Kaspersky Who Calls application and the Yandex Phone application or Yandex Search with the function of automatic number identification.

LEVEL 2: DO NOT GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NORMAL PEOPLE TO FIND YOU, BUT VERY PERSISTENT PEOPLE

Everyone has had something like this in their lives. You met a nice guy in a bar, exchanged phone numbers with him, and he suddenly started calling you in the middle of the night. Business correspondence with a colleague suddenly turns into a very personal one. You receive threatening emails because of an article you posted on a political blog. When harmless communication turns into unwanted and threatening. What additional precautions can you take?

Websites.
In such cases, it is necessary to remove all contact information from the sites, including email addresses, postal addresses and telephone numbers.

Social networks.
You can completely delete your social media accounts or set the strictest privacy settings. Depending on the specific network, other visitors may not be able to see you, follow you, or send you messages.

Phones.
Block calls and messages from unwanted people with whom you do not want to communicate.

Get help.
If threats continue, contact the police.

LEVEL 3: PRACTICAL DISAPPEARANCE

Difficulties already arise here. It is one thing to "lie low", and another - to erase almost all traces of the presence on the network. You have already left many traces - unless, of course, you have planned your disappearance for several years, nothing will help you completely get rid of them. If you decide to hide from the radar today, there is a lot to do. First you need to make a plan.

• Make sure you have enough cash to get where you need to go and hold out for a while.
• It is necessary to knock off the trail of friends and loved ones, because if someone knows your whereabouts, then the likelihood of being discovered increases. You can:

- make false entries in social networks;
- leave a message that will knock off the trail of the pursuers;
- order tickets for a flight that you are not going to use.

• Tell everyone you know how you want to move to some place, and then go somewhere else.

Then you will need to remain hidden.

Websites.
You cannot register sites in your own name or in the name of your company.

Property.
You cannot own property. You can apply for another person for a fee or for free, but there is always a chance that you will be found.

Credit cards.
You cannot have credit and / or debit cards. Many companies that search publicly available data get it just from the information on the map, including first and last names, addresses. The electronic verification system confirms any transaction that you make with different cards, from Visa to E-Zpass. You will have to pay only in cash.

Driver's license.
You cannot get a driver's license. Any identity document is subject to mandatory registration.

Vehicle.
It is also impossible to own it due to registration. You will have to walk or ride a bike. But don't forget about surveillance cameras. If you are planning to use public transport - railway, metro, bus, then you may be seen by others, and you can also get on someone's vacation photo. A baseball cap pulled over your eyebrows will become your best friend.

Job.
You won't be able to get a job, at least an official one.

Social networks.
Get rid of all accounts. All of them.

Change your name.
You will have to change your name or use a pseudonym - not legally, but informally. If you decide to change your name legally, you will be exposed. And using a fictitious name in legal documents is prohibited. You are not breaking the law, unless you are engaged in fraudulent activities and money defrauding under a fake name.

Change your look.
If you are a redhead, then become a brunette. Grow a beard. Shave to zero. Lose weight or gain weight. Wear cheap clothes instead of designer clothes. The more you change your appearance, the longer you hide.

Get into new habits.
People often visit the same places, but they will easily find you there. It's time to come up with a new hobby!

Do not lose your vigilance for a second.
Always think about where you leave your fingerprints and fabric samples. If possible, try not to grab onto anything. And get ready to keep looking around for the rest of your life.

LEVEL 4: COMPLETELY MISS FROM THE RADAR

It is almost impossible for everyone to hide completely, especially if you want to maintain some kind of social life. If you do not constantly follow the rules listed for level 3, sooner or later you will definitely get pierced and you will be found.

Alphonse or the traveler
Ultimately, if you want to disappear for good, you have two choices:

1. Become a man or a woman in support.
At first, such a prospect seems like a tempting adventure, but you, in fact, will live like a real homeless person, without any documents. In addition, if you live with another person, there is always the possibility that he will blabber about you to someone. Better to live alone.

2. Leave the country.
If you leave Russia, it will be difficult to find you, but are you ready for this? If you are considering hiding abroad, it is important to know the visa and residence requirements of these countries, as well as their laws and various regulations.