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Name, address and phone number has been available for a long time in the phone book. People throw parties and post birthday information all over social media co
by brightball 5y ago
Name, address and phone number has been available for a long time in the phone book. People throw parties and post birthday information all over social media constantly.
That information shouldn't be a risk. It's too easy to get for everybody.
- dylan604 5y agoI never posted my real birthday on social media, but then one day it magically showed up on IMDB. That one still pisses me off. Information posted in the phone books during the time of phone books couldn't really be weaponized against you like it can be now. So yes, times have changed. Just because something used to be done doesn't mean it should still be done that way.
- taeric 5y agoI think the aim of who you responded to was that we should find ways to blunt the weaponization of this information. For my part, I think both can be pursued. Let's do what we can to help keep things private. Let's also do what we can to keep things irrelevant.
- dylan604 5y agoThe fact that previous address is relevant is such a strange thing to me. I can't think of anything this actually solves by using, yet it is everywhere with "confirming" you are you. I know I am me, and here's all of these other government issued IDs that say I am me. Prior address does not.
- taeric 5y agoWell.. Except for the fact that my ID has sometimes had my previous address. :) Especially common for folks that move a lot. Students, for example.
- dylan604 5y agoyeah, and so? your id has a gov't issued number. that's the thing that should be used. your address is, as you've stated, not permanent, so why would it be used as an identifier? even as a second qualifier to reduce the number of exactly 1 hits on a unique number it's not very useful.
- taeric 5y agoApologies, I didn't intend that as a strong rebuttal. Just an ack that it can be convenient in a non adversarial way to confirm identity. Mainly during transition periods. But, I fully ack that it is a poor piece of information to do this.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoYou can edit IMDB data about yourself.
- dylan604 5y agoplease, show me how. i have tried long in the past and was not able.