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vintermann • yesterday at 10:34 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

A good time to remember that cramming data into your identifiers will come back to bite you... It hasn't really been necessary since databases replaced library catalogs anyway.


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brabel • yesterday at 11:08 AM

I think they do this to make it easier to remember your number. It’s really not private data in the Nordics as others mentioned, even your address and phone number and , on request, salary can be easily found out legally.