Sound advice, but if this article is any indication, corporate web2 now anticipates garbage. The junk presumably gets backfilled with their best attempt at quality data where it can be found. It true, it invites prospective contributors to think carefully about their opsec.
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Albatross2724@lemmy.world 3 months ago
PSA to use fake info for just about every site you ever sign up for. Never offer PII unless you absolutely have to like with the bank or IRS.
fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 months ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have about 5 or 6 aliases, full blown characters that live in my head, each with different names, addresses and backstories that I use. Even they lie about their personal circumstances sometimes. For example, on LinkedIn, John Longson works at Longson and Longson consulting, but he’s the only employee, and he actually just works at a thrift store with a side hustle of selling second hand clothes on etsy under an alias.
papertowels@programming.dev 3 months ago
Where’s rusty shackleford work?
LWD@lemm.ee 3 months ago
If I need to fudge info, I tend to put it into a password database’s “notes” field for easier note-keeping, FWIW.
Not a full-on identity, but bits of info like stated name, address, etc.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Mine are usually just remixes of my ancestors, for example ill just combine two random ancestors names and where one of them was from. Why yes random website I am Shadrak McNulty born in Littlerock Arkansas.
Agent641@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nice to meet you, Sharon!
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 months ago
What happened to the other Longson?
TAG@lemmy.world 3 months ago
LinkedIn is one of the few sites where I use my real name. It is for connecting with past and future coworkers, so they get my real identity.
Albatross2724@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I guess that’s one strategy but that’s too much work for me. I just pay for unique email forwarding addresses to my main email and use fakenamegenerator.com for filling out fake PII. Also a password manager is key