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Swedish social security numbers are public information btw, just to clarify the insanity - I can call in to the government register and ask for anyone's number,
by jib 11y ago
Swedish social security numbers are public information btw, just to clarify the insanity - I can call in to the government register and ask for anyone's number, there isn't even any obfuscation or semi-privacy about it like US SSNs.
- scrollaway 11y agothere isn't even any obfuscation or semi-privacy about it like US SSNs. GOOD. The US "private" SSN system is completely messed up. You can't commit identity theft by just knowing a personnummer. Very, very much unlike the US...
- kqr 11y agoBut you can. People treat the full "personal numbers" as a secret and if you can recite one, nobody will think you're anyone different. It's not meant to be this way, but in my experience it is.