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It's the lifestyle and the attitude. Privacy is difficult., August 27, 2004
This review is from: Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free! (Paperback)
This is a great book. While it's in need of an update (1996) the ideas and attitudes are very much on target. Privacy is very much attitude and habit, not so much technique and "tricks" that will keep you private. I appreciate the fact that time after time, the point is made that privacy is difficult and expensive. Sure, it's easy to live in a fishbowl, but if you want privacy you have to be ready to work for it.
I especially enjoyed the historical examples and discussion, explaining how others had messed up and what that mistake did to them. It only takes one mistake to wreck your plans, and a VERY determined tracker will have years to look at the leads and wait for mistakes. The book is a great primer for anyone wanting a more private life, but we live in the age of dataveillance and it's almost an all or nothing game anymore.
The book is also applicable to folks who want to cut loose and start over somewhere else. Think about it... if your child was looking at a long stay in prison for growing a few pot plants in his apartment, and had the chance to jump bail, what would this book be worth? A lot. The problem is that most people never realize the need for this type of information until something really bad happens to them, and at that point they have very few options.
There are options, and they get discussed.
If I were in charge of updating the book, one of the longest of the "new" chapters would discuss how to secure a computer... I'd also include a chapter on secure communication over the internet, because it's obvious that communications with family and friends is the single biggest mistake that most people on the run will make. I'd also include a chapter on anonymous digital money such as the Digital Gold Currencies like E-Gold and Pecunix.
All in all, though, BulletProof Privacy is still one of the best books on privacy out there.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Essential book on privacy techniques., July 28, 2006
This review is from: Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free! (Paperback)
First off, I have read tons of books on privacy (you can click my name to view my listmania list explaining the best), and this book is among the best there is. What I like about it is is brief and to the point, unlike others which are long and drawn out. There is a lot of great info in here, though some of it is radical and of questionable legality like getting fake ids. Nonetheless there are TONS of gems in this book making it EASILY worth many multiples of the cover price. Depending on how much privacy you want, most of these techniques are simple and won't take too much extra time out of your week.
Another thing this book goes into is how to work in a more private fashion. Like J.J. Luna, in How To Be Invisible, which I also recommend, Boston ultimately suggests to become self-employed. He touches on some points in here, but if you want more details on that, then also be sure to check out J.J. Luna's other book called Work From Home At Any Age (ISBN 0976387239), which I also highly recommend.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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The best book on privacy by a practicing expert!!, April 23, 1999
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This review is from: Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free! (Paperback)
I've read over 20 books on privacy throughout the years, most of which were merely rehashes of each other with little original or useful info. Boston T. Party's book, Bulletproof Privacy, is the real thing! I guess he's developed his experience from being "Boston" (author of Good-Bye April 15th!, You & The Police!, Hologram of Liberty, Boston on Guns & Courage, and Boston on Surviving Y2K), and it shows. An excellent synthesis of street savvy measures, knowledge of the law, human psychology, and realism--this book is just superb. The tip about how to establish a working, yet untraceable, address is alone worth the price.
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