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I feel like the key sentence in this article (edit: which is ironically no longer verbatim in this article, which I see hours later has been heavily expanded) w
by saurik 6y ago
I feel like the key sentence in this article (edit: which is ironically no longer verbatim in this article, which I see hours later has been heavily expanded) which purports to answer the "but... why the USPS?"--is: > The agency told Yahoo News the Inspection Service collaborates with law-enforcement agencies to identify and assess threats to the Postal Service and its "overall mail processing and transportation network.
- chrisco255 6y agoNow I'm worried they might find out that I've been using this newfangled technology called "email" for the past 25 years and I haven't licked a stamp in over a decade. Some say its only used for money laundering and drug dealing, but I think it's rather convenient and more innovative than what the government can offer.
- NoSorryCannot 6y agoIf only some other kind of mail had become popular to replace the lost letter volume...
- elliekelly 6y agoCan you imagine if USPS ran an email service and all of the legal protections afforded to our mailboxes and the contents of our postal communications applied just the same? The internet would be a completely different place. In a good way, I think.
- throwaway99x99 6y agoCan you imagine if all of that was true except that it could be run by anyone? (Sadly, we have very little -- almost zero -- legal protection for our email in the U.S.)
- comprambler 6y agoLess awesome, but realistically USPS and their respective national organizations should run their DNS RBL lists. Protecting their nations against spam.
- chrisco255 6y agoIf the USPS ran email, they would legalize spam and charge by the kilobyte.
- 542354234235 6y agoIs spam illegal now?
- colonelxc 6y agoIt truly has been a long time for you, as you don't even need to lick stamps, they are sticky on their own.
- Taniwha 6y agooh, that may explain why I get them stuck on my tongue ...
- DubiousPusher 6y ago> which purports to answer the "but... why the USPS?" Yes, that's the burning question I took away from this article.
- robocat 6y agoPerhaps it is a hack to route around federal laws - the USPS could have exceptions (or grandfathered laws) that give it more leeway than other departments?