Re: Frustration with increasing information demands from Network Vendors

[Karl Auer <kauer () biplane com au>]

On Fri, 2024-10-11 at 11:25 +0200, chiel via NANOG wrote:
> I only filled in the form with my own details (name, email address,
> etc..) and said I refused to give information about the other
> questions.
> [...]
> I'm I the only one that feels this strongly about this?

Well, not the only one. Obviously enough people don't care; enough that
the company can stay in business in spite of abusing their customers.

But there is a simple solution. Lie! Lie strongly and continuously. If
they don't check it, lie about it. Name, birthday, address, whatever.
Make a new email address for each identity (this will also help you
identify the companies that sell your details). If they require real
street addresses, you would be *amazed* how many companies accept their
own.

Same thing with security questions - just make &^%$ up!

My mother's maiden name is a 32-character random alphanumeric string,
different for each requester. It's important to be different for each
requester, or the fictional you becomes identifiable too...

Do, however, record your lies in case you need to be consistent, such
as with security questions.

Yours very truly,

Ms Farkovitz Nunyabizwacs, 1133 Innovation Way, Sunnyvale, California,
94089 USA.