Keeping yourself safe in the digital age is more difficult than ever, and your home address might be more vulnerable than you realize. Your name and address have likely been traded between entities like banks and government agencies. Selling this data is often how your information ends up in the hands of advertisers, and can lead to data vulnerabilities and junk mail.
Even worse, if you are trying to avoid giving out your home address for privacy or safety reasons, chances are good that a quick Google search can provide way too much information about where you live. That could even lead to problems with burglars or identity theft — adding more reasons to keep your address hard to find.
Fortunately, today’s online tools can help. Here are the options to remove your home location from the internet and what to do if you unexpectedly run across it.
1. Blur your current
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