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Maybe you should have a legally protected right to lie to businesses that ask for your personal information. This is interesting. I almost always fudge my birt
by powvans 8y ago
Maybe you should have a legally protected right to lie to businesses that ask for your personal information.
This is interesting. I almost always fudge my birthday a bit when asked for it. If I'm applying for a loan or opening a bank account or dealing with the government, of course I provide the correct information. But it feels like a really bad idea to provide my actual birthday to strangers whether on the Internet or not.
- nihonde 8y agoAs with all disinformation, eventually the truth is meaningless. In your example, eventually the wrong answers may gain credence as correct, and you’ll find yourself unable to “verify” your own birthday when you really need to! Still, I find the option of sowing disinformation a pragmatic and sensible decision in the face of relentless and dangerous incompetence without any accountability or consequence.