Facebook has decided to tell everyone on your friend list when it is your birthday. Google has decided that monkey see monkey do.
Aren't there ANY grownups at Facebook and Google?
A birth date is one of the personal identifying pieces of information that banks and others use to verify your identity. If someone has your birth date, they can more easily break into your bank account and other personal data.
I am an attorney. Sometimes the losing party is VERY ANGRY at me. Facebook has just made it easier for them to get revenge using their computer. Luckily, I seem to remember that I did not give Facebook my actual birthday. Other attorneys probably did not consider whether Facebook should actually have their real date of birth.
Children are using Facebook. Con artists and child molesters use fake Facebook identities to troll for victims. Giving these people the birthdays of children is a scary idea.
People who say things are a bad idea are not necessarily being negative. Sometimes, there are really good reasons why a seemingly brilliant idea is actually a stupid idea.
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