<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Take a look at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">73, Frank KR1ZAN</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 20, 2024, at 8:01 PM, Jeff Hochberg <jeffh@aprsfoundation.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Yes - but why is 1/1/1970 significant? While I would venture to say this group is more likely to know the significance than others, it’s probably worth taking a minute to explain (or at least link to it). :-)<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">@N1DAM - thank you for your feedback. </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Over the years, I’ve learned to appreciate the concept of “less is more.” Now, if only I could learn how to get my points across more succinctly (instead of chapters from War and Peace)… </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">But I digress. </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Jeff Hochberg<br>President<br>APRS Foundation Inc<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 20:53 Randy Hall <<a href="mailto:aa6rh@socorad.io">aa6rh@socorad.io</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Uncanny, that's my birthday too! 😁</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 5:52 PM Eric Hansen <<a href="mailto:skyssx@gmail.com" target="_blank">skyssx@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">My birthday is the same as everyone else in infosec: 1/1/1970.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM Greg Troxel <<a href="mailto:gdt@lexort.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gdt@lexort.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Eric Lorenz K9LGE <<a href="mailto:k9lge@emlorenz.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">k9lge@emlorenz.com</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> So I am going to play devils advocate here-<br>
><br>
> My first reaction when I read your email was to the other end- why such an<br>
> overboard reaction on this??? Maybe a couple changes, like...<br>
> - an explainitory tag, "so we can wish you a happy birthday!"<br>
> - make it month/ day *only*<br>
> - make it optional- and add "(optional)" to the field tag.<br>
><br>
> That way, people who don't want to don't have to but those who do want to..<br>
> can.<br>
<br>
It's not overboard at all.<br>
<br>
In today's world, data, once collected is subject to<br>
- data breaches<br>
- misuse by a successor entity with lower ethical standards<br>
- errors in judgement by succeeding people in the same entity (you'd<br>
be surprised how many people think it's ok to load resources from<br>
google)<br>
<br>
All of this is risk, and thus data is a toxic asset, to be collected and<br>
retained only really necessary. It's exactly the right call to decline<br>
to collect anything more than is needed.<br>
<br>
73 de n1dam<br>
<br>
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