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Eric
Miami, FL
Age: 23
Dec 12, 2008
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frequent business travel
JJL, my job requires me to travel to different parts of the U.S. - I'll be sent to another region, stay there for a few months, and then come back. If I get sent out again, it's never to the same location. I feel like this is an opportunity to take advantage for privacy. What steps could I take while I'm in the new region? Should I rent with a property management company and use my true name? Should I get a driver license in each state I stay in? Sign up for utilities in my true name? And I guess the contacts I make are great for Ghost Addresses, right? But what else can I do?
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To answer all those questions, I'd have to write a book. And I did, so please review HTBI. Then, based upon your unique circumstances, make your own decisions. [However, read post #5124.]
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| 5120. |
Ron
Detroit
Age: 29
Dec 11, 2008
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Nifty Flash Drive
Not sure if this one has been posted before but I thought I'd pass along a link to a flash drive that resembles a frayed usb cable!
Still needs encryption of course. BTW, I'm not selling them, just thought privacy-minded folks would find it interesting...
Submitted Link #1: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/ab63/?cp...
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| 5119. |
Ben
North Carolina
Age: 30
Dec 11, 2008
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CMRA addresses for drivers license?
I just want to know if any of the readers here has succeeded in using a CMRA address for the address on their drivers license in North Carolina, especially now that they've started mailing renewed licenses instead of issuing them on the spot. I don't know whether the DMV here checks the address against a database of CMRA addresses.
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| 5118. |
Bob
Cocoa, FL
Age: 54
Dec 11, 2008
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NM LLC Address
If a foreign address is given when setting up a NM LLC, does it need to be a "real" address?
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Yes, which is why Kitty McMenemy offers one for a small one-time payment. It's a bargain.
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| 5116. |
Drake
Los Angeles, CA
Age: 34
Dec 11, 2008
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Internet Profile/ID Theft
Social networking through Internet profiles is becoming even more 'iffy'. Criminals are finding high level executives and scamming others because the records seem to check out.Terrorists and (in a separate category) criminals can 'put on a personality' found on an Internet profile in order to use a clean identity while planning or carrying out their dirty deeds. Read the link below while thinking about that!
Submitted Link #1: http://www.misaustralia.com/viewer.aspx?EDP://2008...
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| 5114. |
Mark
Austin, TX
Age: 25
Dec 10, 2008
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Becoming a lawyer...
I remember from your Skip College book your words about lawyers and most of them hating their jobs. I recently got a to talk to a group of young lawyers, and I sprang an informal poll on them. These lawyers come from many states and walks of life - California, DC, New York, Texas, and Minnesota - aged about 26 to 37. Four of them (of the five I talked to) said they would advise me NOT to go to law school and three said they themselves would not do it again. One in particular, the one with the most experience at a law firm, said she hates it and is planning on leaving the legal profession. Another said she was so strapped with law-school debt that she feels she could not get out of the legal business if she wanted to.
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Note to parents of children who plan to go to law school: ...
Before your son or daughter enrolls, please read my "Skip College" e-book!
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| 5113. |
earle
ketchikan,AK
Age: 45
Dec 9, 2008
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alaska address
I am a full time rv'r and spend over 6 months a year in Alaska. I do not have a permanent mailing address, since I live on the road fulltime and receive mail using general delivery. My question is will the ghost address in Alaska qualify me for the Alaska dividend fund issued to residents of Alaska?
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No. You first need to be a fulltime resident for one year, and must prove it by bona fide receipts.
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| 5112. |
Dave
Greensboro, NC
Age: 28
Dec 9, 2008
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Jason #5110
I joined Rush gym, which may not be in California.
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| 5111. |
Michael
Columbus, OH
Age: 37
Dec 9, 2008
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Oregon Auto Dealers Tracking Vehicles Sold
Jack, With the attached link the author is stating that car dealers in Oregon are installing GPS tracking units on cars without the buyers knowledge. The dealers are chalking this one up to recovery. I really wonder how many other car dealers, in other states, are doing the exact same thing? I suspect that Oregon is not alone.
Submitted Link #1: http://blogs.computerworld.com/gps_tracking_privac...
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| 5110. |
Jason
torrance, CA
Age: 41
Dec 9, 2008
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post 5109
Dave, what gym did you join? I am looking to join a gym and would like to sign up at one that hopefully will not ask for ID.
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| 5109. |
Dave
Greensboro, NC
Age: 28
Dec 8, 2008
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My gym experience
I wound up not being asked for any ID when I joined a gym today. I went with my wife and I was professionally dressed, having just come from work. I used my real name on the enrollment form, but listed my P.O. box (which leads to a faraway ghost address) as the address and a cell phone for the telephone number. I used a fictitious date of birth. I avoid monthly drafts and automatic billing like plague, so I offered to pay the full 18-month membership in advance, and wound up getting a discount. Gyms are popular places for predators to find female victims, but I can rest easy knowing that a predator can't find where my wife lives through the gym's records.
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| 5108. |
Jay
Phoenix, AZ
Age: 40
Dec 8, 2008
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Re: Gym Memberships #5102, 5103
I neglected to mention one other hazard of gyms - thieves. Leave as much at home as possible. Cars in poorly guarded gym parking lots are targets. Crooks know many people leave their wallets, laptops, etc., in their vehicles before/after work. While working out I regularly find carelessly lost membership cards - often with driver licenses! If you use a locker buy a quality lock - see link. The standard combination lock can be easily defeated.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.hardwareandtools.com/invt/6459671?ref=g...
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| 5107. |
Jay
Phoenix, AZ
Age: 40
Dec 8, 2008
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Re: Gym Memberships #5102, 5103
There are several things to be wary of with a gym membership:
1) Do not sign up for auto-billing or give them any information that would allow them to access your credit cards or bank accounts. Gyms (and their subsidiaries that handle their billing) are notorious for overbilling, etc. see link
2) If a national chain it is an easy way to track you. Gym employees are poorly paid and could be easily bribed or manipulated.
3) Beware of gym parking permits or stickers - especially women. Undesirables might spot the permit and have an easy way to locate you.
4) If you can't get around the ID requirement you might try going in dressed professionally, portfolio or briefcase in hand, and when asked for ID you just happen to have a photocopy you've made for other business that has a misspelling of your name, etc. (flash the ID and hand over the photocopy, in necessary).
Submitted Link #1: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/311/RipOff03...
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| 5106. |
Sam
Poway, California
Age: 62
Dec 8, 2008
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Grimmelmann's Paper
I went to the link below to download Grimmelmann's paper.
Submitted Link #1: http://works.bepress.com/james_grimmelmann/20/...
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| 5104. |
Hamish
Salem, Oregon, USA
Age: 65
Dec 8, 2008
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Link for Iggy's post #5099
Try this link for Iggy's post.
Submitted Link #1: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id...
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| 5103. |
Dave
Greensboro, NC
Age: 28
Dec 8, 2008
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Addendum to my question about gyms
A little research turned up that gyms do ask for photo ID because they consider the membership a contract, and need a real name on the membership. I may have to settle for presenting a photocopy of my passport with DOB removed.
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| 5102. |
Dave
Greensboro, NC
Age: 28
Dec 8, 2008
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How much info do gyms want when you sign up?
I'm thinking about joining a gym, but what do they ask for when you sign up? I'd prefer to use an alias, but do they ask for a photo ID? Do they make copies of your ID? Do they run background checks? I plan to pay my membership fees in cash.
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| 5100. |
Hamish
hamish@usa.net
Age: 65
Dec 8, 2008
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Re: #5097, laptop computers
Besides price, size of screen, etc., there is also durability (ruggedness) to consider. If you find that you break your first laptop due to rough handling, you might then consider my favourite brand: the Panasonic "Toughbook" line, which is NOT reviewed in Consumer Reports -- probably because its target market is not consumers, but businesses with employees who travel a lot, or even the military, who can be VERY rough on computers.
But follow Jack's suggestion first, and only go to a Toughbook if you find that you break your first computer, as the ruggedness of Toughbooks comes at a premium price.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.panasonic.com/business/Toughbook/laptop...
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The new laptops with Solid State Drive (SSD) are also quite tough, if that is a requirement. (It is not, for me.)
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| 5099. |
Iggy
PA
Age: 39
Dec 8, 2008
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Privacy and Law
I thought this might be of interest to the folks on this list:
James Grimmelmann of New York Law School has written a terrific essay on privacy issues and social networks services entitled Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy.
[link in space below]
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Your link did not work.
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| 5098. |
Lloyd
Elgin, IL
Age: 41
Dec 7, 2008
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is this working now? It wasn't a week ago
Yes.
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