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How to make your address harder to find on the internet

If you do nothing else to protect your privacy -- protect your address. If someone can find out where you live, they can jump from the digital realm to the physical realm.

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Tate Jarrow
Jan 03, 2024
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The most significant risk related to online safety and privacy is how easy it is for someone to find where you live using the internet. If a bad actor can locate where you live, they can bridge the digital-to-physical barrier — showing up at your house or having others show up (i.e., Swatting).

Remember our #1 privacy principle: if they can’t find where…

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