Instagram pretends it doesn't already know when your birthday is

And it knows if you're lying, too

Instagram might ask you for your birth date the next time you open the app. Instagram, which I'll remind you, is owned by Facebook, one of the most prolific collectors and resellers of personal data on the planet.

C'mon, Instagram. You know my birthday. You know the birthdays of all my friends and family, and all their friends and family until we hit Kevin Bacon a hundred times over. You know my dog's birthday.

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Instagram pretends it doesn't already know when your birthday is was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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