(07-01-2018, 03:06 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What month is your birthday? Mine is in January, and so is my sister’s (well...seeing as were twins...)!
 My sister and I were born 2 months and a weak early! I used to think it was pretty awesome (and it still is) but then I realized...being born early gives less time for your brain and lungs to fully develop, so I guess I’m happy we are alive  !
Sorry I can’t list all the months, I’ll list the first nine, then put “other.” If your birthday isn’t in the first nine months, just select other!

(07-02-2018, 07:31 AM)Squirrel Wrote:

(07-01-2018, 03:06 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What month is your birthday? Mine is in January, and so is my sister’s (well...seeing as were twins...)!
 My sister and I were born 2 months and a weak early! I used to think it was pretty awesome (and it still is) but then I realized...being born early gives less time for your brain and lungs to fully develop, so I guess I’m happy we are alive  !
Sorry I can’t list all the months, I’ll list the first nine, then put “other.” If your birthday isn’t in the first nine months, just select other!

I voted 'other', but I used 'other' in the complete sense... as in, "I never tell this to anyone on-line". (lol)

When a web site asks when I was born, I give the right year... and Jan 1st. Now mayyyyybe it was Jan 1st? But that's a 1 in 365 chance.

Now yes, 1 in 12 were born in your month, which means you have more than half a billion people who share your birth date. But you could also think of it this way... With that one single piece of info, you have eliminated 91.7% of the world's population of being you!! Next you'll tell them your sex, and what country you're in -- which means you've eliminated probably another 75% of the people who remain (if not more).

You probably see where I'm going with this. We pretty much don't need to know!

(But you also don't have to be quite as paranoid as I am. However, you might worry if you're being paranoid enough!)

I probably should have just not voted, eh? ~giggles*

(07-02-2018, 07:31 AM)Squirrel Wrote:

(07-01-2018, 03:06 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What month is your birthday? Mine is in January, and so is my sister’s (well...seeing as were twins...)!
 My sister and I were born 2 months and a weak early! I used to think it was pretty awesome (and it still is) but then I realized...being born early gives less time for your brain and lungs to fully develop, so I guess I’m happy we are alive  !
Sorry I can’t list all the months, I’ll list the first nine, then put “other.” If your birthday isn’t in the first nine months, just select other!

I voted 'other', but I used 'other' in the complete sense... as in, "I never tell this to anyone on-line". (lol)

When a web site asks when I was born, I give the right year... and Jan 1st. Now mayyyyybe it was Jan 1st? But that's a 1 in 365 chance.

Now yes, 1 in 12 were born in your month, which means you have more than half a billion people who share your birth date. But you could also think of it this way... With that one single piece of info, you have eliminated 91.7% of the world's population of being you!! Next you'll tell them your sex, and what country you're in -- which means you've eliminated probably another 75% of the people who remain (if not more).

You probably see where I'm going with this. We pretty much don't need to know!

(But you also don't have to be quite as paranoid as I am. However, you might worry if you're being paranoid enough!)

I probably should have just not voted, eh? ~giggles*

(07-07-2018, 10:43 AM)Conquest Wrote:

(07-02-2018, 07:31 AM)Squirrel Wrote:

(07-01-2018, 03:06 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What month is your birthday? Mine is in January, and so is my sister’s (well...seeing as were twins...)!
 My sister and I were born 2 months and a weak early! I used to think it was pretty awesome (and it still is) but then I realized...being born early gives less time for your brain and lungs to fully develop, so I guess I’m happy we are alive  !
Sorry I can’t list all the months, I’ll list the first nine, then put “other.” If your birthday isn’t in the first nine months, just select other!

I voted 'other', but I used 'other' in the complete sense... as in, "I never tell this to anyone on-line". (lol)

When a web site asks when I was born, I give the right year... and Jan 1st. Now mayyyyybe it was Jan 1st? But that's a 1 in 365 chance.

Now yes, 1 in 12 were born in your month, which means you have more than half a billion people who share your birth date. But you could also think of it this way... With that one single piece of info, you have eliminated 91.7% of the world's population of being you!! Next you'll tell them your sex, and what country you're in -- which means you've eliminated probably another 75% of the people who remain (if not more).

You probably see where I'm going with this. We pretty much don't need to know!

(But you also don't have to be quite as paranoid as I am. However, you might worry if you're being paranoid enough!)

I probably should have just not voted, eh? ~giggles*

or you could use a vpn like every normal person

(07-07-2018, 10:43 AM)Conquest Wrote: or you could use a vpn like every normal person

(07-07-2018, 02:39 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What’s ”vpn?”

(07-08-2018, 07:16 AM)Squirrel Wrote:

(07-07-2018, 10:43 AM)Conquest Wrote: or you could use a vpn like every normal person

A VPN is one simple extra layer of protection. Don't think that it makes you safe.

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(07-07-2018, 02:39 PM)JellyBelly Wrote: What’s ”vpn?”

It stands for 'virtual private network'.

People will use this to tunnel into their work computer from home, so they can then be a part of their office LAN as well.

(That was it's first use, any how.)

For on-line safety, you can also use one (or a bunch) yourself, which really just hides your IP address.

But as I said, just because someone has a real IP address behind their VPN address(es), doesn't make you safe.

(Especially if you have something illegal in mind.)