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One idea is to use active disinformation such as receiving mail in your own name at a UPS Store or PO Box and ordering things to your home -- magazines especial
by mikece 6y ago
One idea is to use active disinformation such as receiving mail in your own name at a UPS Store or PO Box and ordering things to your home -- magazines especially as they aggressively resell subscription lists -- in the name of an alias or the former owner (once mail forwarding has expired). These are just a couple ideas I picked up from listening to the "Privacy, Security, and OSINT" podcast. An episode dedicated to Advanced Disinformation can be found at:
https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/105-advanced-disinformation-telephone-archives https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/105-advanced-disinforma...
- amelius 6y agoHow would you pay for those magazines?
- mattmanser 6y agoYou can buy subscriptions with a different card. This sounds like a pretty old trick though, not like many people get magazines delivered anymore.
- reaperducer 6y agonot like many people get magazines delivered anymore. I was surprised to learn that this is just one of those things that people say on the internet. The whole "print is dead" meme. I ended up in a conference room with a magazine circulation manager in 2019 and asked him about the state of the industry while we awaited the next presentation. He told me it's rebounded quite a lot since about 2005, and some magazines are doing better than ever. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to ask him anything further because the next speaker came in.
- mattmanser 6y agoYes, seems you're right, a look at some random publishers in the UK and they're all making more money than previously.
- tablespoon 6y ago> How would you pay for those magazines? A few years ago, I think you used to be able to sign up for free subscriptions to magazines like Sports Illustrated at Best Buy. I'm not sure if that's still happening, but I think it was part of a strategy to keep circulation up.
- reaperducer 6y agoHow would you pay for those magazines? It's not uncommon for people to buy a magazine subscription for someone else. Half of the magazines to which I subscribe send me letters offering half-price gift subscriptions. For payment, you could use a pre-paid card. If the magazine company doesn't take that, you can send a check. Checks with no name or address on them are stupid easy to get. And I've never seen a magazine that didn't take checks.
- mikece 6y agoEither with a prepaid debit card paid for in cash or with a money order.
- tamiral 6y agohave you read the books ? great stuff