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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by jib on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:30AM (#10743218)
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.
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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by scrollaway on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @04:59AM (#10743311)
there 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...

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Re:I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to... by kqr on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:37AM (#10744132)
But 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.
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