What does it take to disappear?

[Mike]

This is a fascinating article about people who just decide to disappear overnight and how they can be traced.

I guess the only way you could totally avoid detection is to literally leave everyone you know behind and never contact them again.

[mr_e]

I love the fact there's a guidebook on how to do it, but it's basically impossible with the amount of data we inadvertently leave behind. You'd need to go to a new country, give up all your old hobbies, never call home, never have your photo taken... I don't even know how you'd go about getting a new identity.

I almost felt sorry for the guy who met his brother on a park trail a few years after his "death", looks like he had it sorted up until then.