Birthday Honesty

Birthday Honesty

  • No I didn't use my real DOB

    Votes: 5 4.2%

  • Yes I used my real DOB

    Votes: 102 85.0%

  • I've reached that age when I can't remember...

    Votes: 13 10.8%
  • Total voters
    120
  • Poll closed .
ChrisN said:
I think it's important we respect other's choices here without denigrating those who prefer to remain anonymous.

To add to my earlier comment, I just had to ring my bank to reset a password for internet transfer of funds. It took less than one minute, and the girl required only that I quote my full name, home address and mobile phone number of record. It's a little frightening sometimes how easy that would be for another person to do if they got hold of an old account statement giving the account number and even just my name. Yes, I'll stick to being just a little cautious thanks!
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ChrisN: Sorry if I offended you. That was not my intent. I was just saying I personally assign more credibility to a poster with a real name. Others are free to make their own choices.

Banking security appears to be stronger here in the US. Still, I have not used an ATM for 20+ years. I only deal with live bank tellers, face to face. My bank checks only have my name, no other information but I almost never use them. I pay for just about everything with real cash money. I do pay my bills on line and only use my debit card on-line and then only with SSL connections. I use my credit card just often enough so they renew it.

So while I am very open with personal information, it would be very difficult to ever get to my financial information.
 
We may need a poll called "Poll Honesty" where people can say whether they usually say the truth when answering polls.

I predict a lot of "Yes" answers.
 
In fact I was calling from a fixed line! I should clarify that the password that had to be changed was a secondary password needed to transfer funds to another institution, not the primary password for internet access to the account.

I've recently gone through all my financial and on-line shopping accounts (about 25 in all!) and my internet forum logins and email logins (another 20 or so) and upgraded all passwords to "strong" passwords - 12 to 20 character random alphanumerics. It's amazing how many password-access services you can collect over a few years, and of course its impossible to remember them all. I use an 256-bit AES encrypted software "password safe" (eWallet) so I only have to remember a single strong password. After I open eWallet, I just click the link for the service I want, and it passes my user ID and password to the appropriate login page. Password re-use is now a thing of the past. :)
 
Originally Posted by ChrisN:
I think it's important we respect other's choices here without denigrating those who prefer to remain anonymous.

To add to my earlier comment, I just had to ring my bank to reset a password for internet transfer of funds. It took less than one minute, and the girl required only that I quote my full name, home address and mobile phone number of record. It's a little frightening sometimes how easy that would be for another person to do if they got hold of an old account statement giving the account number and even just my name. Yes, I'll stick to being just a little cautious thanks!
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Chris makes a good point. I am very upfront about my age although I cringe a little when giving it. Jim
 
Of course I use my real DOB. Why not?
I'd be lying if I said turning fifty years old last month doesn't have me doing some heavy thinking.
I am considering buying a camera made in my birth year 1961 to mark the milestone, and console myself... ;)

Chris
 
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