How to Disappear in America

Last summer, after writing a story for Wired magazine about people who fake their own deaths, journalist Evan Ratliff decided to vanish and invited the public to try to find him. While he attempted to stay hidden for 30 days, he was caught in 25, thanks in part to the digital breadcrumb trail he left behind. Join Peter Eleey, curator of The Talent Show, and Ratliff as they discuss data-mining, surveillance, and other ramifications of a culture awash in in information.

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[Sunni1Demichael]

Title change: "How to Disappear from the World in Front of your Computer for Two Hours by Watching This Bullshit." I thought this was going to teach me how to go Jason Bourne.

[zekehooper]

OK...Where is the stuff about How to Disappear in America ? All I am seeing is stuff about art! What a let down!

[anddihier]

No you do not take a chip at any cost...we know what that means and is. Keep your cll phones off, only way they can't track you through that.

[jetsrule23x3]

Suicide would be the only way to 'disappear' you are in the system once you are born. That or an accidental death

[utahactor]

First of all, if you want to disappear DON'T WATCH ANYTHING ON A COMPUTER!! They have just found YOU! Have a webcam? They can turn it on and watch you!

[DudeNumberOnePlus]

I wonder how they can make living.

[BadSideOfHeaven]

then i don't really follow :P

[DudeNumberOnePlus]

No, i mean the people in the video.

[BadSideOfHeaven]

what people?

if you mean the ones that "hide", they usually work under a fake name or fake id number according to what I've read

[DashSlink1]

How to disappear? Death.

[MyThoughtsIhave]

lol

[Fangornmmc]

I see what you mean. However, It's a little naive to think youll learn how to be a badass super-undercover-agent in a online seminar that spans less than one-and-a-half hours.