On average there are 4.3 births per second, I'm not sure how that compares to in 1970 but its probably still more than 1 so its quite likely someone was born exactly on unix time 0.
Honestly, it might not be a terrible idea to give them a bogus date, if you're concerned about privacy and want to encourage poisoning data that data-miners are using.
If they require some sort of actual validation, like an ID document, then I get you.
Yeah, give a date you'll remember that isn't related to anything personal to you and yours. Something like April Fools, May the Fourth be with you, etc.
I remember reading someone on some service...maybe it was Steam?...saying that some wildly disproportionate percentage of their users had January 1 as their birthday. As in, people didn't even want to bother setting the month and day, which defaulted to January 1, just cranked the year back to whatever was required to avoid age-restriction hurdles.
I wish they wrote down the date somewhere and don't ask me again (probably they don't want so don't need to bother with storing sensitive privacy data)
But I registered in 2008, at this point they can assume I'm at least 18, no?
Yep. My take is to always give some random data, if it isn't official stuff.
They sell/use that data to show you more convincing lies ("relevant ads")? Then there's no issue if you lie too.
I finally got around to deleting my account. Put in the request a month ago, and today is the day that they said it would actually be deleted. Since they give a month just in case you wanna abort. Today is a good day, but I should have done it 5 years ago.
42 Comments
foggy@lemmy.world · 107 pts · 354d
Lol they already know, man. They're just asking to make it feel like consent.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 354d
Oh they for sure know. I can’t imagine using anything Facebook. Eww.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 3 pts · 353d
harmbugler@piefed.social · 77 pts · 354d
Sleazy guy at the bar says...
Edit: anyway, your birthday is 1 Jan 1970.
Metostopholes@midwest.social · 26 pts · 354d
Damn, it would be cool to have been born at 0 Unix Time.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 354d
Statistically, there might be somebody. And there's a small crowd worth of people who possibly were, to within the minute.
OboTheHobo@ttrpg.network · 14 pts · 354d
On average there are 4.3 births per second, I'm not sure how that compares to in 1970 but its probably still more than 1 so its quite likely someone was born exactly on unix time 0.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 4 pts · 354d
This is like slashdot where people got so excited about a tree digit number.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 353d
Exactly.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 20 pts · 354d
Thank you for supplying your birthday, please upload a copy of three photographic government identification documents.
piskertariot@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 354d
Feb 29, 1980
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 354d
Why 1980 specifically?
spizzat2@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 353d
Chais@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 354d
1.1.1970
Almacca@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 354d
Correct answer
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 354d
4/20/69
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 353d
1/1/2001
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 354d
Cmon bro, just one more datum. That's all we need. One little piece of data and that's it. Cmon, please?
TheBat@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 354d
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 23 pts · 354d
Please tell us your birthday
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 354d
Please let us your birthday
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 354d
Please tell us your birthday.
AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d
Please tell us your birthday.
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 353d
Please tell us your birthday.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 352d
Please tell us your birthday
bradboimler@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d
Please tell us your birthday
tal@olio.cafe · 24 pts · 354d
Honestly, it might not be a terrible idea to give them a bogus date, if you're concerned about privacy and want to encourage poisoning data that data-miners are using.
If they require some sort of actual validation, like an ID document, then I get you.
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 11 pts · 354d
Yeah, give a date you'll remember that isn't related to anything personal to you and yours. Something like April Fools, May the Fourth be with you, etc.
tal@olio.cafe · 16 pts · 354d
I remember reading someone on some service...maybe it was Steam?...saying that some wildly disproportionate percentage of their users had January 1 as their birthday. As in, people didn't even want to bother setting the month and day, which defaulted to January 1, just cranked the year back to whatever was required to avoid age-restriction hurdles.
Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 354d
i have you know 1/1/1900 was a perfectly cromulent year for birthing gamers
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d
I wish they wrote down the date somewhere and don't ask me again (probably they don't want so don't need to bother with storing sensitive privacy data)
But I registered in 2008, at this point they can assume I'm at least 18, no?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 354d
Yep. My take is to always give some random data, if it isn't official stuff.
They sell/use that data to show you more convincing lies ("relevant ads")? Then there's no issue if you lie too.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 354d
I'll tell you someone else's birthday to make you shut up.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 354d
February 32nd, 1765
spizzat2@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 353d
February 30th, 1712
Fuckin Sweden, man....
Reygle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 353d
Disgusting.
white_nrdy@programming.dev · 6 pts · 353d
I finally got around to deleting my account. Put in the request a month ago, and today is the day that they said it would actually be deleted. Since they give a month just in case you wanna abort. Today is a good day, but I should have done it 5 years ago.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 353d
It should have been a long time ago yes- ??better half a decade late then never??
Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 354d
4/20/1969
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 353d
Undecember, 32, 0 Anno Domini / Common Era
SalamenceFury@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d
I'd respond with the Low Tier God meme
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 353d
Email is such a useless service nowadays unless you block 90%
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 353d
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 353d
I just make new emails for only that social media site
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 353d
D:
Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 354d
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 353d
What happened to 19 Nov 2024?