I'm reminded of the long-form Wired article, "Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened" (Ratliff 2009). "Along the way they’d also proven my

I'm reminded of the long-form Wired article, "Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened" (Ratliff 2009). "Along the way they’d also proven my privacy to be a modern fiction. It turns out that people — ordinary people — really can gather an incredible dossier of facts about you." It turns out the public's short attention span has it's benefits, "But a month later, life was back to normal and no one was taking any interest." [1] https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff_vanish2/ https://www.wired.com/2009/11/ff_vanish2/