{"id":979,"date":"2001-10-29T06:53:31","date_gmt":"2001-10-29T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=979"},"modified":"2001-10-29T06:53:31","modified_gmt":"2001-10-29T11:53:31","slug":"lots_of_little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/29\/lots_of_little.html","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Little Brothers are watching …"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’m reading an article in the Rocky Mountain News<\/i><\/a> about the problem with mail-in balloting. One of the things that Colorado requires as “proof” of identity in such things is the birthdate.<\/p>\n

The article mentions a site, anybirthday.com<\/a>, which you can use to look up peoples’ birthdays.<\/p>\n

Ha ha ha, I say. Here, at least, I, the not-very-private guy, am safe. Because whenever some dopey web site asks for my birthdate for demographic or proof-of-identity purpose, I always <\/i>give it plus-or-minus one day. Or one year.<\/p>\n

Look me up. Bam. <\/i>There I am. Correct date.<\/p>\n

Margie, too.<\/p>\n

And Rey.<\/p>\n

Not Jackie or Doyce — but there’s a ZIP code field, and I don’t have their old ZIP code. I’ll betcha …<\/p>\n

Randy doesn’t show … but Randal <\/i>does.<\/p>\n

Neither set of parents shows, nor does my grandmother — but my grandfather, who’s been dead for some time, does indeed show.<\/p>\n

‘Taint funny, folks. Because, as with the State of Colorado, there are places that actually use this (bad) piece of info as a proof of identity.<\/p>\n

According to the site FAQ, the information comes from “Public Records.” There is an opt-out option, which allows you to have your data purged (and flagged to not be re-entered).<\/p>\n

Ordinarily I don’t mind. But for stuff that is being used by some locations as proof of identity … then I do mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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