Tell HN: Car dealership scanned my license and extracted my birthday to wish me

3 points by travisporter ↗ HN
I gave a nickname but they wished me happy birthday with my real name. I’m pissed.

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How do you know they didn't use facial recognition or any other method?
This probably wasn't the car dealership scanning your license.

They probably used an online service that has your mailing address and birthday on file: https://www.valpak.com/advertise/postcards-service/birthday-...

Depending on your activities/state that could have even been information scraped from a public database like USPS mail forwarding or voter registration.