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.
pehrs at 2023-07-06 08:13:37+00:00 ID:
jqv51elThis is not a "massive problem". Calling it that is just FlashBack fearmongering. Like all systems, it can be abused. But thinking that the contact information for people can be somehow kept "secret" in other societies is pretty much a pipe dream. It's just less well organized.
No benefits, other than being one part of having a high trust society, and making interaction with other people easier. Having the state, instead of a cabal of private information brokers, controlling this information is also much better from a transparency perspective.
More fear mongering. And you just explained that criminals, who are the targets on shootings and bombings, does not live at their registered addresses... So I have no idea why this is relevant.