Is it actually a criminal offense to give an incorrect date of birth when creating a Google account or a Nintendo account, for example?
In a nutshell: No.
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It is not a criminal offense, but if it comes out the contract can become null and void and the operator can claim damages.
No, on the contrary. I have been a "child of the Internet from the very beginning", that is, since it became accessible in 1991. In fact, in the original spirit of the Internet, it is very desirable to use nicknames.
Should anyone try to access data, one should always enter fake data for self-protection and the required and necessary data economy.
From the beginning it was the spirit of the internet never to give real data or give out personal information.
In 1986, Ken Thompson gave an impressive demonstration of how to incorporate microcode into a compiler that even experts could not recognize in its function when the source code was available. This compiler automatically built a backdoor into every Unix application with login that it compiled. His message was: Don't trust anything or anything that is digital. Everything that is digital is by definition manipulable and insecure - especially when it comes from bad people like him.
Where do you come from This is not about any fun forums. On Amazon, ebay, etc. Wherever you buy something you need real data.
It is not a criminal offense.
However, in the vast majority of cases this will violate the provider's terms of use, so that he could block this account or you as a person.
But that's all in the area of civil law.
This is usually not punishable, but it may violate the terms and conditions of the service. I do this sometimes because my date of birth is nobody's business. However, I'm not manipulating an age limit in the sense that I'm e.g. B. Present as of legal age, but am still a minor. I reached the age of majority before Internet access became common in households…
