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How? Please outline in detail how she should disappear so that I may share this information with the person who needs it.

ghaff 5y ago
I didn’t say disappear. But if someone only middling well known changes their name and appearance eg hair, moves, doesn’t go out of their way to call attention to themselves that would put their photo online, stays off social media, etc. they can almost certainly mostly fly under the radar. 10 years later most people have forgotten about Amanda Knox and what she looks like. And if someone goes "Are you Amanda Knox?" you laugh and say you get that a lot. Again, this isn't disappearing from say law enforcement. But it's avoiding authors, reporters, "fans" of the case, from reaching out.
toast0 5y ago
For a US citizen, the process would be roughly 0) choose a new name with a common first name and a common last name in a combination with many existing people, but preferably no particularly notable celebrities. If your first name is already common, great. Start using that name in situations where you don't need to prove identity (this establishes a common law name change) a) research name change laws in the 50 states and the territories to determine which states don't require publication or allow for a confidential name change in the relevant circumstances. b) reside in a state chosen from that list for at least the minimum time c) go through the procedure to change your legal name to your (new) common law name d) establish a residency somewhere else e) open new bank etc accounts in your new legal name and close out old ones f) if your old name comes up again, say "yeah, people always asked me if I was the famous X, and I didn't want to deal with it" Maybe cultivate a new style as well.
- nr2x 5y ago
  Where's the part when she gets a new face? Not only is she very well known to the general public, you may have heard of some amazing new technology called "facial recognition".

ghaff 5y ago

I didn’t say disappear. But if someone only middling well known changes their name and appearance eg hair, moves, doesn’t go out of their way to call attention to themselves that would put their photo online, stays off social media, etc. they can almost certainly mostly fly under the radar. 10 years later most people have forgotten about Amanda Knox and what she looks like. And if someone goes "Are you Amanda Knox?" you laugh and say you get that a lot. Again, this isn't disappearing from say law enforcement. But it's avoiding authors, reporters, "fans" of the case, from reaching out.

toast0 5y ago

For a US citizen, the process would be roughly 0) choose a new name with a common first name and a common last name in a combination with many existing people, but preferably no particularly notable celebrities. If your first name is already common, great. Start using that name in situations where you don't need to prove identity (this establishes a common law name change) a) research name change laws in the 50 states and the territories to determine which states don't require publication or allow for a confidential name change in the relevant circumstances. b) reside in a state chosen from that list for at least the minimum time c) go through the procedure to change your legal name to your (new) common law name d) establish a residency somewhere else e) open new bank etc accounts in your new legal name and close out old ones f) if your old name comes up again, say "yeah, people always asked me if I was the famous X, and I didn't want to deal with it" Maybe cultivate a new style as well.

nr2x 5y ago
Where's the part when she gets a new face? Not only is she very well known to the general public, you may have heard of some amazing new technology called "facial recognition".