How to remove your digital footprints

I found this article on ways on how to protect ourself from unwanted snoopers. It lists of ways to remove our digital footprints.

1. Physically go into sites and clean them up.

2. Don't give any information you don't need to. (e.g. age)

3. Go to sites and ask that they remove information. The problem is that it can only be done site by site, and you can never tell how far the initial information has spread.

4. Start a professional blog to hide the old stuff. And hope that your old stuff gets buried.

5. Don't leave evidence of your Internet activities on public browsers. Come on now, don't click that 'Remember password' button.

6. The newest Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers have a tool that allows you to easily cover your tracks before you leave a computer. Basically, delete all browsing data, including page history and cookies.

7. Don't use the search engine offered by your Internet provider. They might connect your account to the cookies you have.

8. Use a specialized company to protect your information. Paying for someone to clean up your tracks?

--excerpts from article by Michele Alperin, Jan. 30, 2008 issue of US 1 Newspaper.