• twack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    173·
    6 months ago

    Well, yea, but we shouldn’t use it for that either.

    Google found my day and month of birth in about 3 seconds, and it’s entirely because of this “collect everything” behavior.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
      131·
      6 months ago

      Same with social security numbers. I’ve lost count of all the sites I’ve had to enter it in over the years, at this point I just assume all of my info is available to a motivated search