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		13of40 on June 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asking for a date of birth (2013) If you're verifying (air quotes) something like whether someone is 21, I wonder if it would make better sense to ask the year of their birth, then ask the month and day only if they answered with the year where it mattered. You don't need to be that granular most of the time, so why put people through the hassle?

bombcar on June 16, 2022 | [–]

If they really cared, they'd do something more exact than asking for date of birth; it's just a "formality" to comply with some law somewhere.

viscountchocula on June 16, 2022 | | [–]

The point is that they can easily comply while asking for less pii.

hyperman1 on June 16, 2022 | [–]

21 according to which jurisdiction? Is the USA the only one that counts?

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