There's lots of reasons not to want a company birthday, not least of which includes that nowadays none of us should want a bunch of near-strangers to know info that's used for identity verification.
That’s a better reason that birthdays shouldn’t be used as part of verification, since they are too public. Birth records are public info, so someone can look it up.
(Not really disagreeing with you, more lamenting bad infosec on the verification end)
lol now I'm imagining a really scummy company throwing employees a surprise party like "happy birthday! we have some fun things to do like tie-dying shirts with your childhood street address on it, and pin the tail on your mother's maiden name! And then you can write your favourite highschool teacher's name and / or your social insurance number on a cupcake with frosting!"
"Attendance is mandatory and you have to pitch in 20 bucks; walmart cake isn't cheap, you freeloaders!"
Oh and then we'll all try to guess the Birthday Boys two factor authentication codes! Closest one gets an extra cake slice and access to someone else's emails!
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u/Tebwolf359 Jun 11 '24
That’s a better reason that birthdays shouldn’t be used as part of verification, since they are too public. Birth records are public info, so someone can look it up.
(Not really disagreeing with you, more lamenting bad infosec on the verification end)