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> If the police stopped you on the street and asked how you were able to afford a MacBook or XYZ, would you be able to “prove” it?

Yes, because I have a legal occupation.

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Do you carry your payment slips with you? What if the item in question is deemed too expensive for your role?

Yes, you could probably pull up your work email or show the bank deposits, but my point is that this is an arbitrary standard that cannot be consistently enforced.

Most people have their bank application on their phone so you could pull it up and prove it that way.

I do agree it will likely be heavily abused like Civil Forfeiture in United States and wouldn't recommend it to Swedish but it's a democracy.

I'm not unlocking my phone for a cop.

In Sweden you have a personnummer and tax data is available to practically everyone. And that's the main measure they use for everything. So I'm pretty sure that the police use this data to get an idea of what you can and can't afford.

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