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Monday’s mass sending of an SMS about the coronavirus to the Swedish people has attracted a lot of attention and has also received some criticism. Both MSB and Krisinformation. Were advised against making mass shipments to the government, SVT reports.
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) considered an SMS “unsuitable for mass mailings of this type”. Among other things, the authority noted that it would run the risk of overloading mobile networks, it would take a long time to work, and that the message would run the risk of becoming obsolete before it reached everyone.
Krisinformation. Fears were seen that the corona text message could block emails of a much more urgent nature. Additionally, there were concerns that it would raise “a lot of questions on Krisinformations.se’s social media channels,” which would take resources from other important information.
Krisinformation.se is run by MSB, but the site can be used by all authorities. The purpose is to coordinate the crisis management of the society.
Critics have pointed out during the day that the text message lacks a link to the website where you can read about the tips. This is for security reasons, according to MSB.
After consulting with the police and our own security experts, we concluded that it is not secure enough with links in the text message, Morgan Olofsson, MSB communications director, tells SVT.
The text message from the Swedish Public Health Agency and MSB was sent to 22 million Swedish mobile subscriptions. The purpose was to draw the attention of the Swedes to the new stricter national councils that apply from today to curb the spread of covid-19.
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