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Every time anything asks for a DOB or anything like that, I enter the earliest date their system allows. Been doing it for decades.

I guess that might make me more trackable?



At least you could get some interesting ads. Do you want to participate in a longevity study?


Heh. Steam thinks I'm 126.


Ouch. I wouldn't risk lying to Steam, given what it has the ability to delete.

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I've never had a website do more than the equivalent of "Try again, smart guy" when I put in a ridiculous age.

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