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My name is Aron Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (chill out, I'm Swedish, so everything about me is public anyway). In Sweden this does not cause me any problem because

My name is Aron Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (chill out, I'm Swedish, so everything about me is public anyway). In Sweden this does not cause me any problem because every person and system understands to refer to me as Aron Widforss. Well, I don't live in Sweden ... so right now every system is presenting me as Aron Gunnar Mauritz, making every person interacting with those system refering to me as Aron Gunnar Mauritz. Which is madness to me. Naming customs are subtle and hard for other cultures to grasp.

FlyingSnake 3y ago
> I'm Swedish, so everything about me is public anyway I'm confused, Isn't EU much more privacy focused and with GDPR etc it's easier to reduce your internet footprint?
- widforss 3y ago
  Yes, unless your data is part of a public database. The principle of public access to official records [1] combined with the Swedish freedom of the press act [2] makes my full name, our version of the SSN, an estimate of my salary as well as my address just a google search away. Which is not a problem for me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_public_access_to_official_records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_public_access_to_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Freedom_of_the_Press_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Freedom_of_the_Press_A... EDIT: There are even search engines to find out who in an area have been convicted of various crimes.
bombcar 3y ago
Which is doubly funny because a common childhood rhyme here is “My name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” - if you can’t handle that name you should rewrite your program.
Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago
The systems are dropping your surname or are condensing the others to a first name?
- Macha 3y ago
  Some systems glue all non surnames into a first name field and use that when just a first name would make more sense, and then in cultures where it's not usual to address someone by including their middle names, a multi part name like that starts looking like a full name, which makes others assume the last middle name is the surname. I'm from a country that _has_ middle names but doesn't really use them, so I have to choose between "is this likely to be compared against official records that will need the middle name, or should I omit it so the system doesn't start referring to me as "Hi First Middle".

FlyingSnake 3y ago

> I'm Swedish, so everything about me is public anyway I'm confused, Isn't EU much more privacy focused and with GDPR etc it's easier to reduce your internet footprint?

widforss 3y ago
Yes, unless your data is part of a public database. The principle of public access to official records [1] combined with the Swedish freedom of the press act [2] makes my full name, our version of the SSN, an estimate of my salary as well as my address just a google search away. Which is not a problem for me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_public_access_to_official_records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_public_access_to_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Freedom_of_the_Press_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Freedom_of_the_Press_A... EDIT: There are even search engines to find out who in an area have been convicted of various crimes.

bombcar 3y ago

Which is doubly funny because a common childhood rhyme here is “My name is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” - if you can’t handle that name you should rewrite your program.

Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago

The systems are dropping your surname or are condensing the others to a first name?

Macha 3y ago
Some systems glue all non surnames into a first name field and use that when just a first name would make more sense, and then in cultures where it's not usual to address someone by including their middle names, a multi part name like that starts looking like a full name, which makes others assume the last middle name is the surname. I'm from a country that _has_ middle names but doesn't really use them, so I have to choose between "is this likely to be compared against official records that will need the middle name, or should I omit it so the system doesn't start referring to me as "Hi First Middle".