As it became known that Kim Tae-hyun, the victim of the murder of three mothers and daughters, visited the house using the home address exposed by the victim and committed the crime, anxious women are on the lookout for personal information exposure.
On social media, there are postings that share how to erase the contents of the courier invoice as well as the certification that a small document shredder was purchased to remove documents containing personal information such as courier invoices and receipts.
The murder of three mothers and daughters seems to have raised awareness about the possible leakage of personal information in everyday life.
There is also an article saying that the delivery recipient's name is male or that they are using an unmanned delivery box to avoid exposing their home address.
In particular, more and more people are trying to delete personal information disclosed online, such as social media.
Experts analyze that the anxiety that women feel has increased because the Kim Tae-hyun case showed the severity of a typical stalking crime.
Yoon Kim Ji-young, a professor of philosophy at Changwon University, said, "We should not let the anxiety about crimes against women, such as stalking, be a matter of personal conduct, but the local government or the state should come up and think about it together."
Prof. Kim Ji-young also suggested that "complementing the anti-intentional punishment provisions of the Stalking Penalty Act, which will be enforced in September this year, and the local governments can come up with various policies for single female households."