AFAIK those with protected addresses has not had their address compromised. But ID and name still is.

And with the rest exposed it is now trivial to see what adresses are "interesting".

But since then I have experienced how scared mugglers get when they get a threatning mail with the only legitimacy of naming and old leaked password.

This will be easy to exploit on a scale.

Scammers used to prey on the weakest hence the many Nigerian Princes. But as they get more sophisticated and move up the chain they start to look more and more legitimate.

- Social security number

- Age

- Sex

- Family relations

- Physical address

- Protected addresses

- Sex change

This is a country with quite good health records. Unfortunately also previous problems with proper non-reversible anonymisation of said data when used for research.

CPR is the administrator. There is more information in the linked press release from the ministry:

https://ufm.dk/aktuelt/pressemeddelelser/2026/oktober/omfatt...

This is a huge headline story in Denmark today and I choose to link danish content as they are the primary source.

The only current english language sources are paywalled:

https://www.thelocal.dk/20261005/hackers-get-personal-info-o...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-05/denmark-d...

Non-paywalled but major danish news outlet (National Brodcaster):

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/live-uvedkommende-har-haft...

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The speed combined with the wind can be quite wild.

You might also enjoy this comparison with London:

https://youtu.be/UWJot1Q2LgY

The video also explains that escalator speed is now set via international standards.

Which means I now feel obligated to recommend:

https://youtube.com/@theironsnail

https://youtube.com/@shiftfashiongroup

Both have great videos on garment quality. But with the inevitable caveat that they are in the business themselves. I take it as an insiders perspective and watch out for content marketing (while being tainted!).

It seems to be easier to find better clothes if you are a bit of a hipster type. Those kind of stores still care for quality. My friend has such a shop and tells me that even for them it gets harder to source good vendors as it is a continuous race to the bottom.

The first theatrical release had a drab narration by Harrison Ford. At places it makes it sound like a cheap film noir detective story.

The Directors Cut is the unbutchered version.

Maybe 4D chess by Ridley Scott. Most had seen the optimized version first and was prepared for the magic which is the recut version ;-)

I have the opposite feeling with Apocalypse Now. The Redux version killed the pacing and explained too much. The added scenes are by themselves worthwhile (and explains later actions) but makes the complete movie a bit heavy handed.

By comparison Blade Runner feels more ethereal even though the both cover dark subjects of human nature.

Thank god I am just a minion who now can go home worry free. Yay!

It is an important fight for our future with our tech overlords. But sure - some will be happy owning nothing.

This is really one of those "First They Came" moments.

Unfortunately convenience trumps all. So for many "its just a cookie".

Because the industry really respected DNT[0]?

Regulations are needed when the kids cannot play nice in the school yard.

GDPR is actually not that bad if you read it rather than subscribing to much of the malicious compliance we see.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

You are correct that people keep stating such things. But it is incorrect.

That example would be an essential cookie, also known as a strictly necessary cookie.

A shame this FUD is still being spread.

Most spam calls I get is shown as legit numbers. If I call them back they will go to an innocent and unsuspecting user.

Google is already collecting this information and shows numbers as "probably spam". It is hard to enforce this harder even with collateral damage as you cannot trust the number which is signalled.

Legislation is in this case a good thing which might get the telcos to take this more seriously. This needs to be handled on an operator level. Nothing will happen without legislative incentives.

The world is run on SS7 which has a lot of problems which inertia and lacking incentives makes hard to overcome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_System_No._7

What an absolute gem. Thank you for sharing this.

It really surprised me how it seems to have polarized people. I never seem to learn.

You are 100% correct on good fiction.

I have the feeling that you will not like Franz Kafka.

Without elevating this piece to that level I think we can still agree to disagree on what good fiction is.

Or maybe your humor is better aligned with the socially-contingent reality of Franz.

But your perspective is valued. I need to shake of my bias and remember that there are no easy wins. For each point there is a counter. And I find it hard to argue against yours as my bias makes your stance feel very dismissive. Everything then turns into wedge issues.

I would have preferred an argument based on why the piece was flawed not how. Then I could counter with my experience and we could have had a conversation.

Enough Internet for me today! ;-)

There was so much truth in this on a Dilbertesque level. If you can learn from this you are winning.

I am not saying "VC bad". I am saying it is a sharp-edged tool which you need to wield with great care. This humorous piece really points out the pitfalls.

Worth the read - do not just lurk here in the comment section (as I usually do!)

So if people just remembers spacename.house then that might be enough.

My dad tend to skip the TLD part as well. The results usually work. When they do not - he gets very confused.

The Internet is really a gold rush for scammers.