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| 7045. |
Hamish
Salem, Oregon
Age: 67
Jan 28, 2010
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Google Toolbar Tracks Browsing Even After Users Choose
For people concerned about privacy, the Google Toolbar is a disaster. See the article at the link below, which concludes:
I’ve run Google Toolbar for nearly a decade, but this week I uninstalled Google Toolbar from all my PCs. I encourage others to do the same.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.benedelman.org/news/012610-1.html...
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| 7044. |
Richard
Park City, UT
Age: 30
Jan 26, 2010
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Google Voice and Ring Central
If you have Google Voice that gives you a free alternate number, there is now good iPhone integration so you can call from that number instead of your true number: m.google.com/voice
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| 7043. |
Alan
austin, TX
Age: 29
Jan 26, 2010
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Trust
Does one need a lawyer to create a trust or can this be easily done with the self-help books that are out there. To my understanding, a trust can be made by anyone and is not submitted anywhere, just stamped by a notary and mostly only disputed upon expiration of the author(s). Is this correct?
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You need an attorney. Each state is different. Some states require two witnesses. Some states require that your name must be in the title of the trust! A trust is not as simple as you think. (If it were, I'd be recommending trusts for vehicle ownership instead of LLCs, especially for NY state!)
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| 7042. |
Kent
Dallas TX
Age: 54
Jan 25, 2010
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alternate names
Hi Mr. Luna -- HTBI is a great book! There's one issue I'd like to clarify, about choosing a fictitious or alternate name.
In some places, your book recommends making up a name, preferably a common one to make it harder to trace. But in other places, the book recommends using a variation on one's real name, such as using the middle name instead of last, maiden name, etc. Is one approach better than the other; or does it depend on the intended use? Hope you can clarify. Thanks! -K.
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It depends entirely on the intended use. You alone can decide which method to use.
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| 7041. |
Jean
Bronx, NY
Age: 44
Jan 25, 2010
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Plates
If one has registered the car under the LLC, but it has been required to give a SSN or EIN with the state DMV and my SSN was provided, will that be attached to a license plate check run by a policeman?
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Almost certainly NOT.
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| 7040. |
Carson
St. Clair Shores, MI
Age: 32
Jan 24, 2010
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re:DL post
Did the poster mean to say when a police officer types in your LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, they can easily obtain your social security number, if the vehicle is merely registered in your name?
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I assume they can bring up the data on your driver's license. Often that will include your SSN.
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| 7038. |
Alan
Austin, TX
Age: 29
Jan 23, 2010
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DL
I think someone asked a while ago if the police can see your SSN when they type in your DL, the answer is yes! [But] if you have your vehicle under a company name, they have to pull you over first and get your name, b-day and DL#.
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| 7035. |
Sebastian
Knoxville, Tn
Age: 59
Jan 20, 2010
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Online privacy (FACEBOOK)
Interesting post on privacy.
Submitted Link #1: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/01/what-would-a-worl...
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Excerpt: "According to researcher Larry Ponemon of The Ponemon Institute, Facebook has hypnotized even the most private people , an elite group he calls "privacy-centric." They make up only 8 percent of the population. These folks won't even sign up for supermarket loyalty cards, but they will post pictures and tell stories on Facebook. In fact, they are so mesmerized that, untrue to their nature, they don't even spend more time tweaking their Facebook privacy settings than regular users."
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| 7034. |
Sebastian
Knoxville, TN
Age: 59
Jan 20, 2010
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7030 Printer Memory
After looking up the printer specifications on the HP site: the maximum resident memory is 8 Kbytes. There is also about 1.5 Kbytes of input buffer memory and 6 Kbytes of output buffer memory. Accessing memory in these printers is hard.
With these small memory sizes, just print another document after the one you want to hide; the previous storage will be flushed to make room for the next document.
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| 7031. |
Marissa
San Mateo, CA
Age: 42
Jan 20, 2010
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For Michael, #7025
Regarding telemarketers, did you put your old number on the Do Not Call list?
I'm assuming you've already read "How To Be Invisible" by J.J. Luna. His book was originally recommended to me by someone at privacyrights.org. If you go to their website, you'll find a lot of basic information on protecting your privacy.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.privacyrights.org/...
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| 7030. |
Marc
Seattle WA
Age: 52
Jan 20, 2010
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Printer Memory
Do printers in any way store the documents that they print? If I want to print something out from my laptop could someone examine the printer and find the document in memory? I am using HP LaserJet 4's
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| 7027. |
Drew
watertown, Ma
Age: 45
Jan 19, 2010
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Boston Globe article Business section January 18th
I recently read an article in the front page of the business section of the boston globe, the article is about how overlapping technologies can track a person. the person is driving from the burbs to a subway station then getting on the subway to travel to a coffee shop. The scary part is all the different ways the person was tracked. An EZ Pass, his Onstar system, His Charlie Card (subway pass),his iphone, the security camera at the coffee shop, using a visa card to pay for the coffee, using the shop's WiFi service for his laptop, and using his iPhone's mapping software (apple could track his coordinates, and finally. if he used a friendfinder app like FourSquare (it would send his location to his friends, and the company.) Isn't technology "wonderful" !!! Seems pretty scary to me.... I suggest everone read this article. Seems like it gets tougher everyday to stay invisible.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles...
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Your link did not work, Drew, even though I added the required http://www.Drake kindly sent me the corrected link, which is below.
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| 7026. |
Sarah
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Age: 51
Jan 19, 2010
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airline question
Due to a sudden family illness, we recently had to fly to another state (due to distance and time). Upon retrieving a bag we had checked we noticed that the baggage label not only had our flight info but also our names as our tickets read which included our middle initials (southwest airlines).We don't normally check bags but were gone an extended period of time. This raised a red flag with us.....any thoughts other than not flying when you don't have to?
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Never check a bag.
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| 7025. |
michael
chicago IL
Age: 23
Jan 19, 2010
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starting out young
I am 23 with limited finances and have been using an hp desktop for several years and like you I am sure I have a large amount of sensitive information traces, I also have bookmarked several favorites which i don't wish to lose but are comprimising at least. What do you recommend in terms of removing this data and future use of websites i would like to remember. Also is there a specific line of laptops with a removable hard drive you recommend. Finally I have a ghost address and will be changing my credit report to reflect it, my credit rating is necessary for my small real estate business. How would i go about registering a vehicle in an out of state LLC with a loan on it. Also wondering the same situation with a home loan. Lastly how do I get telemarketers to cease calling my previous address. Any more suggestions for a young newbie would be appreciated.
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More questions than I can answer. LLCs will not help if you owe money on home and vehicles. My best suggestion is: NEVER BORROW MONEY AGAIN, as long as you live.
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| 7024. |
Alan
austin, TX
Age: 28
Jan 19, 2010
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Trusts
JJ- Do you still advocate for an LLC being owned by a trust?
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No, because it's too complicated for when you die.
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| 7023. |
Dave
Chicago, IL
Age: 49
Jan 19, 2010
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LLC Auto Registration
I've been seeing an increase here in the number of people who are having difficulties registering an auto using an LLC without supplying SS# info. Although I've yet to do this, it doesn't seem like it's the obstacle it initially appears to be. Couldn't one use a nominee to perform the registration as the LLC owner and invisibly transfer ownership of the LLC after the registration is complete?
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Yes, what you say would work well. The problem is that many if not most readers are unable or unwilling to find a nominee. Others do not have a local ghost address and seem unable to find one. However, the problems are mostly in NY and nearby states south of NY. In the West, no problems reported.
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| 7022. |
Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Jan 19, 2010
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Do you get that question too?
Law enforcement are humans and make honest mistakes, confusing identities and sending the SWAT Team to the wrong address, etc. The article below is about a federal agency illegally obtaining information by filing fake terrorism emergency reports. They cover themselves by saying all the records were related to open terrorism cases.
How many steps does it take to connect you personally to Kevin Bacon? Not the game using actors, you personally. How about you and Arch Bishop Tutu? Did you know Obama and Warren Buffet are long lost cousins?
On a related note - "Conspiracy" is the catch-all charge used by a percentage of officers and agencies answering the description 'lazy' or 'less than adequate' when they can't make their case with real evidence. Everybody knows somebody who has done something "wrong" in the eyes of the law, now they have a free hand in investigating you.
NOW how do you answer the people asking the initial, infantile, question, "Why do you need to protect your privacy if you're not doing anything wrong?"
Submitted Link #1: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/...
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| 7021. |
Everett
Panama City Beach, FL
Age: 58
Jan 19, 2010
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Some Tips on Private Communication
"Here's a little primer on making your e-mail and browsing relatively secure from government and criminal snooping (by request). You never know, you might need it in the future."
Submitted Link #1: http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrill...
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| 7020. |
Hu
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Age: 54
Jan 19, 2010
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Border Guards
Here is and article that says the same thing about crossing the Canadian and mentions you and your book HTBI. Thought you might like to read it.
Submitted Link #1: http://sovereignsociety.com/2010/01/18/sovereign-c...
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| 7018. |
Dmitriy
Richardson, Texas
Age: 27
Jan 18, 2010
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Marketers mine social network data
I haven't joined social networks such as Facebook due to privacy concerns. Now there is another reason not to do so. Credit card companies and other marketers are going to social networks to find additional information about present and potential customers.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/social...
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