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Meet the extreme privacy experts who help wealthy clients disappear

Ellsworth Toohey
May 29, 2025
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The Atlantic's Benjamin Wallace reports on the world of extreme privacy consultants — people who help clients vanish from the digital landscape.

The piece focuses on Alec Harris, CEO of HavenX, whose own privacy measures include 191 virtual debit cards, multiple phone numbers, a house purchased through a trust, even fake dog toys in the ya…

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