As an American-Brit who has been living in Sweden for a couple of years, I've always found it interesting that pretty much everyone I know here can be found at their home address simply by googling their name and clicking on hitta.se. When I show this to my British or American friends, they're always shocked, and I find myself explaining that "Swedes have a very different, more trusting, relationship with their government than Brits or Americans."
Personally, I've never had a problem arise from this, and neither has anyone I know here, but I've been here less than for two years. I love it here and I can see myself living here for the rest of my life (that is, if you'll have me! Soon time to renew my visa!)
But I find myself wondering: Has anyone here, or anyone you know, ever had a problem arise from their address being listed publicly? Strange people turning up at your door, weird post or packages, or something worse?
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/adjectivenounnr at 2023-07-06 07:00:45+00:00.
vertigo69lol at 2023-07-06 09:00:29+00:00 ID:
jqv8wn0As a trans person I haven’t had any problems but I’m definitely upset about how much personal information is available, and I can’t do anything to get it taken off. Being described as the wrong gender is fine, I understand why that happens. But stating I’ve had a name change and scrolling down a couple sentences to reveal what my name used to be, that’s just awful.
Even people who aren’t trans and changed their name shouldn’t have to put up with this intrusion of privacy.