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That was probably many years ago. One of the doubtful benefits of tax-financed government monopolies.

• fifilura 5y ago
  This comment got a -1 rating. To clarify I am not a die-hard neo-liberal (in the original meaning). I am Swedish after all. Just that the team that had the hobby to be mail-detectives, could instead have been employed by the government as nurses or caregivers. Or even improved the package delivery services in the postal service (very much needed).
  • mzi 5y ago
    The reason for these departments is to maintain the secrecy of correspondence ("brevhemlighet"). This department is the only one within the postal service that has the right to open mail and try to decode who is the recipient. The rebuse or other shenanigans is not the majority of letters, but unreadable handwriting, wet or in other ways damaged so the recipient cannot reliably be established.
    • fifilura 5y ago
      Opening mail to preserve secrecy of correspondence sounds rather counter-intuitive. Why not just shred them?