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'It's so easy to lie': A fifth of children use fake age on social media
- Eumenes 2y agoSo it stops 80% of kids from creating accounts? Great!
- stop50 2y agoIm over 20 and i still lie on my age.
- latexr 2y agoI don’t expect teenagers to be geniuses—I remember being one—but I do expect them to at least not be complete idiots and understand that lying and bragging about it is not a winning move. They’re ensuring heightened government-mandated invasion of data privacy on everyone, including them.
- CM30 2y agoSurprised it's only a fifth. Wonder if that number was higher before sites like Facebook went so hard on the 'real identity' stuff? Still, as the old saying goes, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"
- theGeatZhopa 2y agoI don't even remember how old I really am, as I never tell my true age. No matter where I'm asked for my age on the Internet, I'm always born 1920 +/- 10y. Guess, that's my learnings from being on the Internet since 1994. I've seen so much.. so: Never disclose. It's for the better.
- jqpabc123 2y agoProviding name and birthday is equivalent to giving your SSN. Pick a fake birthday and use it consistently. This way, if they ask you confirm it later, you won't have any problem. I use a particular permutation of my real birthday which is probably not the best but it helps me remember it. It's all about poisoning the privacy invasion data well.
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