There is an American living in Sweden that is answering calls. He's got some interesting perspectives on life in Sweden. Not sure if he is still taking calls or not.
The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede
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What exactly do you mean?
The far-right in Sweden have a habit of creating fake accounts in the purpose of spreading racist propaganda.
> The far-right in Sweden have a habit of creating fake accounts in the purpose of spreading racist propaganda
Does it indeed? And recounting a bit of statistics is considered far-right?
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#44Does the Swede in question get notified beforehand about the source of the call?
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#45Did people sign up for this or was it involuntarily and anyone, including those who don't want to be bothered, will get calls?
It's right on the page:
> WHO ANSWERS WHEN I CALL? Everyone who lives in Sweden is able to register as an ambassador.
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#49Did people sign up for this or was it involuntarily and anyone, including those who don't want to be bothered, will get calls?
People sign up. There is also a http://twitter.com/sweden that is also run by citizens who sign up (it rotates every week).
How does that twitter profile switching work technically. Is there actual shadow account support available to Pro Twitter accounts?
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I've troubled imagining how you can abuse this though.
"Is your refrigerator running?"
"Yes it is, are your doors unlocked?"