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Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Christine Green — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:19:08 -0000

Chris,
I hear you. I do the same thing but on Facebook they have my real birthday. I'm too attached to the wishes and celebration...and love sending wishes to my FB friends. I'm sure our sentimental ways are leaving us open to exploitation. That's too bad.

I enjoy your contribution to Six Pixels/Media Hacks podcast. Thanks!

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

conniecrosby — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:51:24 -0000

Awesome. I do the exact same thing, and advise others to do this as well. Happy birthday, whenever it is (was)!

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Steve Sherlock — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:27:05 -0000

Chris, that's a good reason. Then take my wishes for a happy birthday today for whenever it really is! It is the wish that counts no matter the day.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Dave Delaney — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:43:49 -0000

Ha! Nice one Chris. Very smart. I was wondering too, because I didn't see your birthday listed in Facebook, yet I saw messages wishing you a happy birthday. I was curious what was going on, but not curious enough to research the *real* birthday of Mr. Christopher S. Penn - if that IS your real name! :-)

I think I'm going to start referring to you as Christopher "Keyser Söze" Penn.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Nico — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:25:14 -0000

Clever :)

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Art Vandelay — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:31:07 -0000

Great tips. Take it a step further, I'd say, and start using the SSN of that guy from LifeLock, the one who has a 1MM identity fraud guarantee.

I did the same sort of thing with any site that requires SSN -- which, btw, it's technically illegal to use for anything other than social security data.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

David Beaudouin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:57:50 -0000

Smart tracking techniques--I use different names as well. Whenever your birthday is, have a good one!

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

phillymac — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:19:51 -0000

Nice. Very clever.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Wililam Spaetzel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:39:48 -0000

Well happy Un-Birthday! And best wishes when your real birthday rolls around.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

sylvain grandmaison — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:44:25 -0000

Happy birthday whenever it may be. I don't think it's the actual day that is important more than the fact that we want to send you wishes.Thanks for sharing your birthday and name strategies with us.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Christopher S. Penn — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:43:46 -0000

I've gotten some suspicious birthday messages for October 2, which is the date on my MySpace profile. October 1 is Facebook. Keep a sheet of sites with slightly different dates. I also use two letter codes for my middle initial for sites when registering if possible - i.e. Christopher MS Penn, Christopher FB Penn, etc.

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

AJ — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:40:21 -0000

Please do tell, I would love to know how you can tell as well!

Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

Len Edgerly — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:36:54 -0000

Can you say which sites you've caught sharing your birthday data? How can you tell?