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HowToVanish.com now has over 100 articles on all kinds of topics. If you are new here, you may be wondering, “where in the world do I start?” If so, this is for you.
We try to give practical tips that have as much value as possible to our readers. Sometimes the tips are basic, and sometimes they are complex.
We also write about the threats to privacy. Sometimes this includes analysis of a law or court case, actual or potential uses of some technology, or just current trends.
All of the posts are written to help you protect your privacy without breaking any laws.
Here are 7 things to do right away to help you get started.
1. Read a few of the most popular posts. If a lot of other people have found them useful, maybe you will too.
What Liberty Dollar Should Have Learned From The Godfather
How To Use Dropbox And Truecrypt To Securely Transfer Files Privately
Remove Personal Info From The Internet
3 Ways To Hide Valuables At Home
Anonymous Web surfing To Protect Your Internet Privacy
Better Financial Privacy With Bitcoin
Keep Your Home Address To Yourself
2. Get the free guide on the 5 easiest ways to get more privacy. It is a quick introduction to some actionable items that you can do for free, right away.
3. Get the book How To Vanish. The articles in this site are random, on hot topics, or about whatever I happen to be thinking about. The book is well organized to cover every area of your life and meet any budget to show you how to best protect your privacy. It is a complete approach to privacy.
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5. Check out our products. Our products cover a fairly wide range of things. They are all designed to either give you some great information or show you how to make (or keep) more money. They all relate to privacy, but you will see how broad privacy can be.
6. Don’t forget the search bar. You can search for specific topics or an old post that you remember seeing a long time ago. That way you can jump around to the articles you want.
7. Archive Tab. The best way to browse through old articles is to use the archives tab. It lets you navigate through a lot of different article titles really fast so you can find the ones that appeal to you. The home page is better if you have been away for a few weeks and want to catch up on the last few articles.
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I read your insightful article, titled, “Can You Be Prosecuted for Using Gold or Silver? – Liberty Dollar”. You mentioned that one can legally use gold and silver to barter, but you didn’t mention if there are tax consequences to such transactions. For example, could IRS impute a value to the silver used in a transaction, even if no one knew what the value of the silver was when it was originally purchased. In other words, would a capital gains tax on the increase in silver value over time be imputed by IRS? Thank you….Bill
Hi Bill,
Yes, there are capital gains taxes that apply when bartering with gold and silver. You will have to justify your tax treatment of transactions to the IRS. Generally, either the dollar value of the metal or the dollar value of the item or service being traded is the applicable amount. Thanks for the great question!
after signing up, I saw you are tweeter.
facebook owns anything you put on there, does tweeter not do the same?
which at any time can be handed over when told to by .gov.
last I heard about only one that said no was gmail. is this not true?
Hi Tim, The only tweets that I send out are information that I post publicly on HowToVanish.com, so I am not worried about government surveillance of that material. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in material made public, like information published on a website or on Twitter.
Private communications, like emails sent in your gmail account, should be private. There is a catch, however, because we must trust a third party to deliver private communications sometimes. Third parties, like ISPs, email providers, phone providers, etc., can betray and reveal information, especially when there is no requirement that they keep information confidential.
There is added problems because government regulations, like National Security Letters and electronic communication regulations, prevent third party providers from refusing to reveal information. They have basically been commandeered as state secret police.
The best way to protect private communications is to use encryption and other tools we talk about on this site and in the book to keep information from third parties. Even though your intended audience could betray your communications as well, at least they are not compelled to do so like communications providers.
Thanks for you comment.
Bill
Just read the article on Expatriation. I am wondering if the issue is leaving the US as the corporation and NOT US the land. I think there is a huge difference. My understanding is that most of us are US citizens with our names in all capital letters. When we leave this corporation called the UNITED STATES, we are no longer their slaves, I mean members of the corp. We then automatically become American citizens, not all caps, because we were born here. And we are free. You might want to check this out further.
Hi Kris,
I think your idea is interesting and creative, but unfortunately it is not that simple. There is really no legal basis for that kind of argument at common law or in any statutes. Courts have not recognized any distinction between being a UNITED STATES citizen and an American citizen. I strongly caution against using arguments that have little chance of acceptance by a court, no matter how philosophically or theoretically sound. Courts regularly reject these kinds of arguments so relying on them could cause more trouble than it would be to go through the legally recognized procedure for expatriation.
The article he was referring to can be found here: Article On Expatriation
Thanks for the comment. I hope I was able to clear the issue up for you.
Bill