Comments on: Why it’s not really my birthday

By: conniecrosby

conniecrosby — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:51:24 +0000

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

By: Steve Sherlock

Steve Sherlock — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:27:05 +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.

By: My Birthday is Today | Dave Delaney - Community Enthusiast, Social Media Strategist and Humorist

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:48:29 +0000

[...] happened earlier in the year when I sent birthday wishes to Chris Penn. As it turned out he had a fake birth date in his Facebook profile [...]

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:43:49 +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.

By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-01

Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-01 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:24:56 +0000

[...] Awaken Your Superhero with Christopher S. Penn » Post Topic » Why it’s not really my birthday “Date of birth is one of the holy trinity of identity fraud. Name, date of birth, and social security number will get you VERY far as an identity thief.” Seems to me like the better thing to do is not give out your full street address. (tags: interesting identitytheft tech internet) [...]

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:25:14 +0000

Clever

By: Art Vandelay

Art Vandelay — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:31:07 +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.

By: David Beaudouin

David Beaudouin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:57:50 +0000

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

By: Phillip

Phillip — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:19:51 +0000

Nice. Very clever.

By: Wililam Spaetzel

Wililam Spaetzel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:39:48 +0000

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

By: sylvain grandmaison

sylvain grandmaison — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:44:25 +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.

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:43:46 +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.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:40:21 +0000

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

By: Len Edgerly

Len Edgerly — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:36:54 +0000

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