Invisible Privacy | Online Privacy

In the UK, it is a common practice to mail letters with no return address. Nevertheless, I do not recommend it and here’s why:

Suppose you made an error in the address, or the person you sent the letter to has changed to a post office box, or perhaps has moved away? Your letter will then go to the dead letter office where it will eventually be opened. Will your address be inside? Or even a check? Further, you may assume the letter was received whereas actually, it was not.

Many of you readers already have a ghost address in Canada, Alaska or Spain so why not use that address as your return address on some of your mail? If a letter bounces, you will get it back from your mail-forwarding service.

Labels: Alaska address, Canadian address, Canary Islands address, new secret address, return address

“You may not realize it when it happens,” wrote Walt Disney, “but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” But how could losing your home be good news? Let me count the ways:

1. RELIEF. No more back-breaking mortgage payments. No more taxes, no more upkeep, no more being locked into the burden of long-term debt. All you have to pay now is rent.

2. FREEDOM. Suppose you are renting from month to month, and an obnoxious family moves in next door, or if drug dealers start dealing in your area, or if a nearby barking dog keeps you awake at night. You just move!

3. PRIVACY. If you have been getting mail and deliveries at home, or if your home address is listed in databases, or if it appears on your driver’s license, your only solution will be to move—and then follow the principles outlined in How to Be Invisible. Although most readers can see the wisdom of this, they usually feel that selling their home and moving to another location is too great a sacrifice. But if your home is repossessed, why, here’s your chance for true privacy at last!

Labels: hard times, losing your home, moving, new secret address, privacy, repossession