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Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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post #197

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I am Swedish and never had this happen to me. Never had random things show up or ordered for me at all. What would the point be, you have to pay or get an invoice? For Klarna they use BankID so only I can order an invoice for myself in reputable shops. I am in my 30s btw so I was alive before BankID and it was a worse time. Remember my parents paid bills with paper.

The OP didn't claim it had happened to you. What they said is that it is possible to use the information about regular individuals that is publicly available to cause harm, and there are no attempts to stop this.

It is possible but it is not widespread.

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The OP didn't claim it had happened to you. What they said is that it is possible to use the information about regular individuals that is publicly available to cause harm, and there are no attempts to stop this.

It is possible but it is not widespread.

Go back and edit your original comment because it is irrelevant and misleading.

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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Ok, some important context for non-Swedes. Anyone can get access to all Swedish (non-protected but those are a very VERY small subset) personal identification numbers by simply signing an agreement with SPAR[1] (the Swedish national people database). Identification numbers per se are not particularly useful or hard to get, they are effectively public information. Using SPAR you can also get the home (and any addition…

I think this is good to highlight for non-Scandinavians. Scandinavian countries are extremely open and transparent in a way that might be shocking for Americans. For example, in Norway, I can check nearly anyone's brokerage account holdings, addresses, phone numbers, etc. on public websites. I can in theory look up anyone's tax filings. Personal identification numbers do not tend to be considered private in the same…

Out of curiosity how do you authenticate yourself with government services and finance companies and such? The reason the SSN is considered private is because it's used for authentication. Usually an SSN + one or two pieces of trivially obtainable information is enough to sign up for just about anything in somebody else's name, unless physical documents are required as in the case of a passport.

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post #81

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I cannot trivially get the whole database, no. But I kind of fail to see what a malicious actor would do with a large database of public information that they couldn’t otherwise do. The system is designed such that you can’t really do a lot of malicious stuff with just public data, and the stuff you can do (scam calls, etc) is probably not meaningfully more effective if you have the whole database than if you do manu…

In the US, property tax records are public by design. However, historically the records were physical and hard to search through. Now that these records are digitized and published online, it is trivial to find out where someone resides by searching through these records. So while public by design, at scale data aggregation changes the threat model.

Phone books gave out most people's home address. There were data brokers transcribing them (before reliable OCR) to build their databases.

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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I think this is good to highlight for non-Scandinavians. Scandinavian countries are extremely open and transparent in a way that might be shocking for Americans. For example, in Norway, I can check nearly anyone's brokerage account holdings, addresses, phone numbers, etc. on public websites. I can in theory look up anyone's tax filings. Personal identification numbers do not tend to be considered private in the same…

Out of curiosity how do you authenticate yourself with government services and finance companies and such? The reason the SSN is considered private is because it's used for authentication. Usually an SSN + one or two pieces of trivially obtainable information is enough to sign up for just about anything in somebody else's name, unless physical documents are required as in the case of a passport.

With cryptographic keys, normally stored on a smartphone. BankID[0] is the most common solution, but there are others. I personally use biometric 2fa to log in, and PIN to sign contracts or pay.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BankID_(Sweden)

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Going strong on what exactly?

NATO status acquired. S was controlled by V and MP on this and was so-so. We see it now with S complaining about the governments talks with France over their nuclear umbrella. (Call her she is crying https://www.tv4.se/artikel/3GXfcuT7u8zm5ApyIJ4Z8b/andersson-... ) Something I also support this government on. Redirected grants from lesser nations to Ukraine with the biggest aid package ever to Ukraine explicitly stat…

We already had a deal with Finland. Would have happened no matter was in power in Sweden. Though now with trump back it's not looking like the best idea.

>A paradigm shift against organised crime

Keep doing the same thing, ask cops how to solve the problem, more cops is always the answer. The war on drugs is a massive failure.

About to get a lot more refugees to Europe thanks to Trump.

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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post #186

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People like you are somewhat amusing. You keep going on and on about how you are Swedish when the right-wing playbook is global, this could easily be a post from any of your ilk anywhere on the European continent or the United States. Let's even grant you the premise that these statistics are accurate. What do you want to do about it? Deprive people of their rights extrajudicially because of where they come from? Sho…

You are already poisoning the well before I answer, so I feel like my answer will not matter to you, but I will absolutely answer in good faith as I always do. Not sure if you are American or not, but European migration policy seems especially harsh compared to yours, but we have our reasons. (2015 aware, wir shiffen das) I voted for Moderaterna, to be clear. You can look them up. >Let's even grant you the premise th…

I'm not offended. I actually appreciate you answering the questions and attempting a good faith reply.

I have some follow-ups.

> Yes! We already do this. Everyone in the EU can freely migrate to another EU country in the Schengen zone.

How about any other ways? When they are in the country? How about vs other non EU immigrants? Should people from MENA be treated differently than people from Israel? From the United States?

You say open borders are not human rights... but you said European antisemites should be allowed to come into Sweden. If you care about open borders and antisemitism so much, would you support a Swedish brexit? You seem to indicate you voted for a party that changed migration laws. Would you also support a party that banned European antisemites? Why is schengen inviolate but not your prior rules on migration or crime?

> The policy now is prevention also.

Meaning what? And on what basis?

> Yes, Israel and its population have shown to be our steadfast partners.

How is Israel a partner to Sweden? So a partner to Sweden is what makes a country Western? Earlier you seemed to suggest it was based on geography but also "behaviors". What behaviors would those be?

Lastly, I understand you think the Nazi analogies are gotchas. You'll have to forgive me. After all, while you take great care in your prior reply to be sensible, your other replies did not convey the same tone. Focusing exclusively on one minority group makes one look very suspicious. It's not like the thought of Nazis comes from nowhere.

You should know it was only last year your "Moderate" minister for migration Johan Forssell was involved in a scandal where his teenage son was pictured giving a Nazi salute, having attended neo Nazi gatherings. This is the same man that blames cultural degradation and parents for the actions of other teenagers, who wants to lower protections for young people and their parents accused of crimes or misconduct... do you not see an irony here?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/11/sweden...

Do you think he should have resigned? Do you not see any nexus between focusing on crime through a racial or ethnic lens and fascism? Do you take the responsibility of any criminal justice system to prove guilt and treat defendants of equal status equally before the law regardless of race, ethnicity, country of origin, .etc seriously?

Are you as surprised as he was, given his rhetoric, that the security services of your country had to inform him his own son was involved in such a group?

It seems to me someone who wants to make broad associations based on neighboring conduct and loosen protections before the law in the name of Swedish values and public safety should at the very least have the decency to resign in such a circumstance. It is deeply ironic to me and I think perfectly captures how I personally feel about the right, from Europe to the United States to Israel...

So in summary, is your position if a MENA teen in Sweden does a Nazi salute, you want them and their family deported? But if the Minister of Migration's son does it, that's fine? You agree with your party it's not a big deal?

Remind me again where antisemitism comes from?

You asked if I want less garbage and trash in my country. I'll settle for less Nazis.

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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Ok, some important context for non-Swedes. Anyone can get access to all Swedish (non-protected but those are a very VERY small subset) personal identification numbers by simply signing an agreement with SPAR[1] (the Swedish national people database). Identification numbers per se are not particularly useful or hard to get, they are effectively public information. Using SPAR you can also get the home (and any addition…

I think this is good to highlight for non-Scandinavians. Scandinavian countries are extremely open and transparent in a way that might be shocking for Americans. For example, in Norway, I can check nearly anyone's brokerage account holdings, addresses, phone numbers, etc. on public websites. I can in theory look up anyone's tax filings. Personal identification numbers do not tend to be considered private in the same…

What's the point of making public how much each person owns? Aside from making you a prime target for kidnappings and targeted advertising?

Re: Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked

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> How do they handle identity thefts By just accepting it as a normal fact of life that you will have some random stuff ordered in your name sooner or later with an invoice you'll have to dispute. Happened to a relative of mine, police do not care unless they order things above a certain value, without a police report you cannot get free ID protection, and then you'll have to sit for a long time in phone queues tryin…

I am Swedish and never had this happen to me. Never had random things show up or ordered for me at all. What would the point be, you have to pay or get an invoice? For Klarna they use BankID so only I can order an invoice for myself in reputable shops. I am in my 30s btw so I was alive before BankID and it was a worse time. Remember my parents paid bills with paper.

There are plenty of reports online about how identity theft is becoming widespread in Sweden. The fact that something didn't happen to you is not evidence.

https://ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2025/english/ocindex_pr...

https://swedenherald.com/article/biometric-data-to-stop-fals...

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