Hi, Since you placed the call to Apple, I'm sure you were speaking with an Apple representative. If someone called you claiming to be Apple and asked for your date of birth, giving it to them would be a lot more worrying, I think.
Best, Anna > On Feb 11, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Deidre Muccio <[email protected]> wrote: > > Charles > I had never been asked that before, which is why I put it to the list. Even > when speaking to Apple about it, they said they would only ask for that if I > were re setting or doing something more than I was doing. > I'm glad to hear from someone that this is indeed one of the things > they might ask. I will go back now and look at the security questions I > answered to verify my identity. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Charles Rivard > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: speaking of security > > Why do you think that you "stupidly gave it"? It is one of the questions > that is sometimes asked. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deidre Muccio" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:30 AM > Subject: speaking of security > > > Has anyone ever been asked for their birthdate when speaking with Apple > support? > I called Apple a week or so ago because I was locked out of my sister's > purchase page for some unknown reason. I've called them before and was asked > specific security questions, but this time I was asked for my birthdate. I > stupidly gave it to them without questioning it, but later wondered if I'd > ever been asked that before. The man on the other end of the phone even > claimed that was also his birthday. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
