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Interesting. I wonder what the thinking is here? It’s almost like a really poor manual password hash. Here’s something derived from my date of birth. Store that instead of the actual date. Pretty weak though.

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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It is probably something to confuse automated systems. A person could figure out their astrological sign easily by knowing their birthday. A computer attempting to brute force attack would probably be less likely to know how to answer the question.

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- spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  A person could figure out their astrological sign easily by knowing their birthday.
  
  The best thing to do during a security check is to google how to know your astrology sign.
  
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brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My guess is that it’s asking for you to confirm your date of birth, to a minimal degree of accuracy without actually having to reveal your date of birth.

I kind of like the idea. Most people know what their star sign is, whether they believe in it or not. So they will be able to answer quickly and correctly. Those that need to look it up it might need to be more critical of the login for.

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