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I do something similar when a site asks for my birthday, i used to pick a random date, but sonce its sometimes used to reset password or asks u to confirm i just use the first of january of the year i was born so i can make sure i remember what i put.

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When birthdate is tied to an account, I pick a random one and store it alongside the username and password in KeePass. Same as the "security questions"; I make up and store nonsensical answers. E.g. "Q: What was your mother's maiden name?" "A: Blueberry pie."

I do the same thing but use KeePass’ password generator to create the answers. My mother’s maiden name will be something like “diejdJyt7ejHsud”

Doesn't that kinda negate the goal of using a fake birth date? After all, they don't really care whether you give your real birth date, it's enough that it is the same on that other website they get your personal information from to correlate.

I don’t care if someone leaks my fake DOB in a Dropbox hack and then tries to reset my Netflix password.

Websites that use my real DOB are usually linked to my identity, so I’m much more concerned with protecting them from, eg social engineering attacks [0].

[0]: https://gizmodo.com/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-15...

Yes this is my thought as well.

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