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.
CaptainSeabo at 2023-07-06 10:24:56+00:00 ID:
jqvepcfYou can always try to report a search result on Google, and claim you don’t want it to appear when searching for that specific thing. It worked for me with a few old images at least.
zlahhan at 2023-07-06 10:46:05+00:00 ID:
jqvggzcTried for years to no avail sadly. At its worst it nearly made me concider reaching out to old classmates about getting into selling drugs after about 200 job applications, over less than 500 SEK worth of damage I never had to pay for absolutely wrecking my career life as a young adult.
IMO it's a bit fucked up but it also speaks for more than just the existence of sites like that. They could look me up if they wanted to, but of course the chance of still getting employed is a hell of a lot smaller when you can just immediately filter out anyone whos names pop up there before the first interview.
chlomor at 2023-07-06 12:44:38+00:00 ID:
jqvsi2yAren’t such sites now covered by the GDPR?
EDIT: Nope, they’re not.