Changing the law on secret interception would facilitate the work of the police, so far Mia Edwall Insulander agrees with Deputy National Police Chief Mats Löfving.

But it would also mean major invasions of privacy and the risk of innocent people being intercepted, she says.

- It should be remembered that it is basically about the state's power apparatus against the individual.

And we can actually not assume that the police, the state, always know and are right before things are done.

That is what legal certainty is about. 

"Risk of boundaries being shifted"

These proportions need to be taken into account when discussing the issue, thinks Mia Edwall Insulander - as well as the actual need and effectiveness of a new law.

- It is easy to think that it is clear that we must have an effective fight against crime and that the state needs this.

But it is important that we analyze this properly.

- There is a risk that we constantly shift the boundaries of what our society should look like when it comes to human freedoms and rights, she says.