`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach

Re:`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach by boxed on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:28PM (#50050601)

> but you can absolutely go into a pharmacy and buy someone’s prescription medicine with just their CPR number

You for sure can't do this in Sweden. I very much doubt Denmark has gone total nutjob on this part, but if you have some proof they do please present it.

> If the CPR number was truly made public information,

In Sweden I can just call up the tax office and ask for the person number of anyone. A colleague was as confused about this as you are and he ended up intending to "prove me wrong" by doing it. They gave him my person number. Which of course they did. That's what it's for.

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Re:`123456' password used in Danish CPR data breach by ptnpzwqd on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:15AM (#50052508)

Yes, but Sweden and Denmark have been very different in their approach to personal numbers, and a lot of us here in DK are looking at the Swedish model as an example of how this _should_ work.

I am not sure what evidence you are looking for, but I have myself picked up prescription medicine using nothing but my CPR number on multiple occasions, including picking it up on behalf of my wife (providing just her CPR number and name).

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