turn 'show birthdate' off by default

Since plaync uses your birthdate as a security question to allow changing your passwords, no one should really be displaying this info.

The op of the most recent 'my account got hacked' thread had his set to visible which could explain how he may have been hacked in the first place.

I just don't see any positive reason to display this info and lot's of potential negatives. Yes people can choose to hide it but I believe it is set to show by default and I'm hopeful that can be changed.

It's turned off Pkest. It was defaulting only after the forum skin change and we went in and turned off this display again. I don't know how much good this accomplishes though as every single fansite and nearly every guild site to date continues to display this information and we have been nearly the only ones who have taken ArenaNet's warnings and applied them.

enter a fake birthdate?

Great. Thanks for the info. Glad to know Guru is on the ball. Everyone should check their settings and make sure this isn't showing here and elsewhere.

A tad off-topic but I couldn't help noticing this:



Its no big deal but its just really unusual.

Quote: Originally Posted by makosi