The Fake Birthday

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    I mean, this sounds like your own bad, OP. The "private browsing" settings of popular browsers don't prevent the Web sites you visit from collecting information about you. There's nothing new about purposely providing false information when registering for a Web service -- from a simple throwaway e-mail address all the way to a phony name. A spokesperson for the group, which is comprised of online advertisers, stated that no "workable Mendrox Member Sep 24, The pseudonym is similar enough to the genuine moniker to allow acquaintances to ID me but different enough to fool a stranger. Last October a security official with the British government took heat after he recommended at a conference that people not provide their correct names and other personal information to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.

    The pseudonym is similar enough to the genuine moniker to allow acquaintances to ID me but different enough to fool a stranger. I use my real picture and make no other attempt to mask my identity.

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    Technically, Facebook could give me the boot -- and based on the company's terms of service, it would be within its rights to do so. For me, the meager attempt to minimize the authorized or unauthorized dissemination of my private data is worth the risk of having the account shut down. When I review or otherwise test a service such as Facebook, I create a test account that doesn't disclose my personal information.

    Perhaps I could request a press privilege to use a name other than my own. Shaking the Web trackers is nearly impossible Web sites aren't the only ones hungry for information about their customers, but they are adept at collecting it. The "private browsing" settings of popular browsers don't prevent the Web sites you visit from collecting information about you. They merely keep your browsing history from being recorded on your own machine.

    Likewise, a browser's "do not track" option depends on sites voluntarily honoring your request. A spokesperson for the group, which is comprised of online advertisers, stated that no "workable The W3C workgroup intends to proceed to the final stages of its standardization effort without further participation by the advertisers, according to a W3C official. The simplest way to minimize tracking is to set your browser to block third-party cookies and to delete cookies and your browsing history each time you close the program.

    Even more insidious than tracking via first- and third-party cookies is computer "fingerprinting," which identifies you based on the characteristics of your computer. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's free Panopticlick service indicates how identifiable your browser settings are. I explained how Panopticlick works in January 's " How to prevent Google from tracking you.

    To prevent computer "fingerprinting" technology from identifying you, block JavaScript by default and allow scripts to run only on the sites you trust. Last May's browser-security post also explains how to block JavaScript until you allow it in the three top browsers.

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    For example, the NoScript add-on for Firefox free for non-commercial use lets you decide which scripts to allow and which to block. Our ability to be anonymous is rapidly fading As the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Online Privacy Fact Sheet states, it is virtually impossible to be anonymous on the Internet. You can use a virtual private network or proxy server to mask your IP address, but for many people such services are more trouble than they're worth.

    PRC's Social Networking Privacy Fact Sheet points out that it's difficult to keep an online identity separate from your "offline" identity. The page links to a paper by Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly Shmatikov that describes a technique for de-anonymizing the private data Facebook and other services claim isn't personally identifiable when they resell it to third parties.

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    The importance of anonymous speech to a thriving democracy is examined in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Anonymity page, which provides links to information on legal cases and legislation related to online anonymity. Be respectful, keep it clean and stay on topic.

    We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Don't show this again. Security Enhance privacy by being deliberately inaccurate Devise a fake you that is close enough to the real you for friends to recognize, but that doesn't disclose personal information to strangers.

    CNET When I go to the local sandwich shop, I don't care whether the person taking my order knows my birthday or my mother's maiden name. Should be doable without costing an arm and a leg. That could be huge for me. Gonna go give that a try. Gaugin Neo Member Sep 24, I used to work at PlayStation Support, as long as you're in the same region you can call in to the customer service number for the country you reside in. Since you don't know your DoB, you can still pass security with a recent transaction i.

    You will have to send in some kind of ID to get the account back. Hope this helps, good luck!

    DaiHard Member Sep 24, Didn't you just use your real birth day and month and just increase the year by 2 or 3? I'm assuming I can't call Sony customer service since I'm in America. Roufianos Member Sep 24, This happened to me. I gave them a call and they sorted it out. Noisepurge Member Sep 24, Is it true an Id change can be pushed on an account where the id has been reported? Can very much confirm this works. I've been forced to call them for half an hour at a time to reset my password for years now - those days are gone!

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    I also had a similar issue, I couldn't remember the DoB I used, however their customer service guy who couldn't tell me what my DoB was kept giving me hints until I got it right. But, maybe I was just lucky?

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    Learned to Shit While Upright Again. Why the hell did you create a random birthday Why not keep your Birthday and just put a year that you would remember easily So you could be above 18, but the year you just remember So if your 26 now presuming, sshouldve just 5 years prior to say or hell as a simple DOB Hell all my alt accounts have my birthday and year lol Easy to get shit done quickly.

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    Spman Member Sep 24, Kingpin Rogers Member Sep 24, Honest is the best policy. You shouldn't have lied. I had that issue once before. Called them, was a bit embarressed but the guy understood. Yes, we used to do this on the regular actually for people who got banned for an inappropriate Online ID The user would have to send in a list of 5 alternative Online IDs they'd like to use, admins would pick one of these if deemed appropriate, if the suggestions weren't any better the ban wouldn't be removed They don't to this anymore tho, at least EMEA support, can't speak for the US support as they have different processes.

    Late last year EMEA decided to stop doing this, they can still do it, but they won't. I had several cases this year of people getting banned because of this but their Online ID was completely fine, it fucking sucked not being able to at least help them get a new Online ID.

    PantsuJo Member Sep 24, Sorry but I must say it: I hope you can access the PSN again. JoeyJungle Banned Sep 24, So we're you able to change you or a buddies Ids whenever you wanted or was the system fairly restricted? KHlover Banned Sep 24, There used to be a site where you could enter your PSN name and it would show you your birthday.

    I don't think it exists anymore, though. BibiMaghoo Member Sep 24, Before victim blaming OP for not using his real birthday, remember Sony wouldn't allow sub accounts to become master accounts until UltimateUnknown Member Sep 24, Check this one, it's a bit simpler. Mendrox Member Sep 24, MrToast Member Sep 24, Thanks for the ea origin tip that's great I also used a fake birthday, not because of age but because I tend not to reveal DOB to sites unless it's important.

    Every new year I get deluged with forum happy birthday emails.

    Signed up to this new thing called psn when it was launched, got a three letter id. Everything id was available. Never realised Sony would hang onto it forever and not reveal it or let you edit it later. Rndom Grenadez Member Sep 24, That's on you OP. Shouldn't have tried to fake your age for content that you shouldn't have access to to begin with.

    Hope it works out. Jawmuncher Member Sep 24, Some rude ass people in here.