[LINK] MS Passport

[Adam Todd]

Yep, I do to.  I ALWAYS create an email address based on the websites 
domain name and sometimes even a datecode.  Some organisation have multiple 
divisions that use different databases and it would, in my view, be unfair 
to penalise a department you have a good relationship, to that of one that 
did the wrong thing.  Plus it makes tracking good and when you complain to 
Good Department, it creates nice internal friction!

As to what I fill in, yep, I agree.  I'll put in what I feel is relevant 
and put in whatever I like in other "mandatory" fields that have no legal 
or relevant basis.



At 06:56 AM 5/11/2006, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>When it comes to filling out the mandatory parts of online personal 
>details, _I_ decide what is relevant to _them_.  If they decide that 
>something shall be mandatory that I decide is not relevant then they get 
>rubbish.
>
>Adam Todd wrote:
>>At 05:03 PM 4/11/2006, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>>Adam Todd wrote:
>>>>Provided you register a Passport account with a hotmail address and 
>>>>make up your personal details, go for it!
>>>>I'd NEVER use any read details for registrations like that.
>>>>Do you know how many people are born on January 1 in the world since 
>>>>the requirement to register online!
>>>
>>>Which makes you wonder what they think might be the message that ppl are 
>>>trying to send them; but it doesn't stop them trying.
>>A lot of people just select it because it's the first option on each of 
>>those lists, they usually select their real birth year.  Strangely enough.
>>
>>>   BTW, I was born on Jan 1 1900 :)
>>You however are not part of the "a lot of people" crowd.
>>I tend to hover between my wife and my own birth year, but have used my 
>>children's on some :)
>>But then I'm only fibbing a tiny bit!
>
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