if you're trying to vanish from the
internet you probably aren't gonna have
much use for a facebook page or twitter
account delete deactivate or close all
of your social media accounts by going
to the privacy or security settings page
of that account same goes for all of
your online shopping accounts like
Amazon if you're not given any options
to delete at least remove your credit
card information and create an alias the
more random the better when you type
your name into a search engine all sorts
of results might pop up that you wish
you could remove start by contacting the
site's webmasters and ask for removal or
if you find the content inappropriate
and perhaps illegal try petitioning the
search engine itself google has a
removal tool exactly for this purpose
and finally delete all of your email
accounts make sure that this is the last
step as you'll need an email address to
complete the previous steps but once you
do enjoy life off the grid in San
Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for
CBS News
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