How to delete yourself from the Internet

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The Internet companies that power your online life know that data equals
money, and they’re becoming bolder about using that data to track you.
If they get their way, your every online step would be not only
irrevocable, but traceable back to you. Fortunately, there are some
positive steps you can take to reclaim your online history for yourself.

The online privacy software company Abine, which makes Do Not Track Plus, also offers a service called DeleteMe,
which removes your data from numerous tracking sites and keeps it from
coming back. In an unusual gesture, though, they’ve made public how to
do for yourself everything that DeleteMe does. Here’s my take on their advice.

Be warned, though. The following are not easy instructions, and it’s not
because they’re technically complex. They require a tenacity and
wherewithal that is likely to either exhaust you, drive you borderline
bonkers, or both. (And no, I haven’t followed the instructions to remove
myself because it’s essential to my job that I can be found by
strangers.)

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