Evan Ratliff speaks on Disappearing Digitally - a Fundraiser for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Evan Ratliff speaks about the contest he underwent for Wired magazine: disappearing from his old identity for a month. Wired's readers were notified that if they found him, they would win $5000. If he went the whole month without being found, he'd win the money. A fascinating look at identities, both physical and digital, in the modern world.

You can find the full Wired article about his experience here: www.wired.com/vanish/2009/08/gone-forever-what-does-it-take-to-really-disappear/­.

We will be uploading the entire talk in the near future as a playlist here on YouTube, but for now, if you're interested in further info, please check out the podcast of the full event by the very cool folks at "waking up orwell": http://wakinguporwell.podomatic.com/entry/2010-04-15T03_56_19-07_00

Evan Ratliff is a freelance journalist and feature writer for Wired, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He's also the story editor for Pop-Up Magazine, the world's first live magazine. (from his blogsite: www.atavist.net)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Evan Ratliff
• Wired
• Wired Magazine
• 111 Minna
• EFF
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• fundraiser
• foolish tree films
• the atavist
• www.atavist.net
• learn digital
• digital culture
• digital investigation