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.
IonicDecay at 2023-07-06 10:50:24+00:00 ID:
jqvguj8How are you not getting what I am saying. If you take away all the policy, it's still public info. That is information the public can literally see or hear in the public without any help
Apokalyptisk at 2023-07-06 11:05:59+00:00 ID:
jqvi8heThere is a difference between being "public info" as in, you have to order it from the government,
And an open registry online which can be viewed, crawled and scraped by anyone or anything.
How are you not understanding how this is a privacy issue?