Vanish - Evan Ratliff

This weeks reading was the most interesting yet. It tells the story of Evan Ratliff's attempt to abandon his life and disappear without being found. Due to social networking, blogging, and information on the internet Evan was unsuccessful. This shows a lot about how much of your personal life is actually put out for people to see on the internet. The strangers even found out who is cat sitter was. Its quite shocking because Evan used a lot of technology that I would not have been able to figure out. He disguised his IP address, used gift cards, and created a new identity. As soon as he slipped up and became lazy, Evan was quickly found. It makes me think twice before accepting facebook friends who im not sure who they are and posting different information on my personal life. If someone who intentionally wanted to vanish couldn't for more than a few months, it makes me think how could you get away without all the prior planning? If something happened and I needed to get away I wouldn't know how to do all of this off the fly and it shows how little privacy you really have.