A Danish privacy activist has been arrested for posting the Prime Minister's phone number, according to Gizmodo. The arrest raises thorny questions about the boundary between privacy advocacy and illegal disclosure. The activist responded by arguing that the police and government are, ironically, their own worst enemies when they resort to such enforcement. The case highlights a growing tension between free speech, privacy rights, and the treatment of publicly registered information.

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