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> On 28/09/2003 at 23:37:28(-0400), Mike Frysinger used 1.6K just to say: |
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> Actually in Japan knowing someone's birthday (...birthDATE actually) is |
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> sometimes enough to convince someone over the phone that YOU are the |
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> person in |
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> question. Gentoo has a bunch of Japanese devs and I wouldn't be surprised |
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> if |
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> they don't feel like sharing that info. |
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> Hell, I even know plenty of people who don't want to do any online |
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> shopping, |
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> because they don't want to give away their address. |
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I think birthday can private. Nothing is yet published anyway. I don't see |
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however the problem with the country of origin being public. The country |
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is allready published on the current developer list too. It can hardly be |
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said that it is identifying information, but it helps in knowing when |
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people can be contacted (timezone's). |
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Paul |
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