A good example is loyalty card applications. Sometimes having inaccurate information in the databases is even better than having no records at all! In fact, disinformation can be a very effective long-term strategy for keeping your personal information protected. The techniques outlined here involve providing dis information.
That means information containing inaccuracies, discrepancies, errors or information that is completely fictitious. In other words, DO provide fake, made up and imaginary information, but do NOT provide real information about someone else. This may all sound complicated, but a concrete example of how to use disinformation will show you how easy it is.
For example, mix up the spelling of both your first and last names, and have a fake home address you can readily provide, when needed. You can either memorize these things or keep them written down on a card you carry with you.
Your date of birth and social security number should only be provided when taking out credit or when dealing with governmental agencies.
Many businesses request your date of birth and social security number when they have no business doing so! In these cases, provide an alternate date of birth one simple technique that is easy to remember is to add or subtract 1 to the day, month and year of your actual birth date. For social security number requests, use one of the example numbers reserved by the US government: i.
It is quite gratifying to start receiving offers in the post or in emails addressed to your false personalities. When this starts to happen you know that your campaign of personal disinformation is really working.
Identity thieves can do a lot of harm with little more than your phone number. You should heavily resist handing out your real telephone number and provide it only to people you trust. For everyone else, including most if not all businesses, provide them with a fake phone number. Or use an alternate phone number. Online phone numbers are great for this, such as those offered by Google Voice or Skype Number as we discussed in Step 3 of this series. A great approach is to consistently use the same fake phone number.
This way, the fake phone number starts to become a great tool in your disinformation toolkit. The fake number will start to become associated with your profiles and help keep your real phone number private. Having a fake persona or a number of them to use online is a great tactic for protecting your personal information. This will help prevent your personal information from finding its way into databases run by lousy businesses with lousy security measures or unethical information sharing policies and practices.
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