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why not?
by tkzed49 5mo ago
why not?
- kmoser 5mo agoIt's a vector for identity theft.
- kstrauser 5mo agoBirthdays are one of the absolute worst kept secrets on the Internet. There are entire sites that blab that information to anyone who asks.
- thesuitonym 5mo agoYou realize your birth date is public information, right?
- mikey_p 5mo agoMy name, and the very fact that I exist are vectors for identity theft. But that doesn't mean I should keep those facts secret either, or that simply attempting to keep them secret will have any effect whatsoever.
- kmoser 5mo agoWould you post your name, address, DOB, and SSN here? They're easily discoverable on the Internet anyway, so why would you try to keep them a secret? (This is a rhetorical question. I'm not asking you to post that info, for obvious reasons.)
- mikey_p 5mo agoMy name is not even remotely hard to figure out, you should be able to leverage that plus some basic info into my home address via voting records in a matter of minutes. DOB might require some sleuthing, but it's not terrible hard to find for many people (often from socials). At least in US culture, DOB isn't really considered super secret. (If it is I have an excellent source of secret info called "Wikipedia")