Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free

Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by jariel on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @12:45PM (#26401327)

It would be a good idea to remove the 'date' from the number.

Edit: because having your birthday right there as part of common ID number is an obvious transgression of privacy that wasn't probably thought of back when the number was established. How anyone could disagree with this is beyond me.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by dalys on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:40PM (#26403886)

Well it makes it pretty easy to remember. Never heard of anyone complaining about their birthday being known, so it seems to work pretty well.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by jariel on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:41PM (#26404682)

Do people really have a hard time remembering their phone numbers, which are relatively private?

Having one's date of birth signalled to the world is an obvious breach of privacy in the modern age, and since there is obviously no need for it, it shouldn't be used.

That you have 'never heard of a concern' not hugelry if there are obviously people who are going to take umbrage - moreover - in this new information world order it can be used for all sorts of shady reasons.

There's clearly no need of it.

If the scheme were designed today, there's a 0% chance of DOB being used in the number.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by alvarlagerlof on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @01:53PM (#26402271)

I've thought of this too. I cannot come up with any practical reason for it.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by jariel on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:53PM (#26403255)

The practicality is uniqueness of the ID. So date+increment is an easy 'citizen UUID'. In 1970 it makes perfect sense in 2020 not so much.

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