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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_mi_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_... 'Uncle Milton Industries
by gwern 4y ago
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_mi_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_...
'Uncle Milton Industries has been selling ant farms to children since 1956. Some years ago, I remember opening one up with a friend. There were no actual ants included in the box. Instead, there was a card that you filled in with your address, and the company would mail you some ants. My friend expressed surprise that you could get ants sent to you in the mail.
I replied: “What’s really interesting is that these people will send a tube of live ants to anyone you tell them to.”'
- tomcatfish 4y agoSince you're being modest, I'll follow with the relevant article of yours that I was going to take that quote from: https://www.gwern.net/Unseeing https://www.gwern.net/Unseeing (A collection of musings on the difference in mindset between "Moving the domain to a friend is okay" and "Wait, you can move the domain to anyone? How do you not see the issue with that?")
- zeckalpha 4y agoThe postal service uses the return address in a similar way. If you don’t have a stamp, swap the return and destination addresses.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoIf they don't recognize that the return address is in a different area than where it was dropped off, and that the destination address is in the area it was dropped off, then oh well USPS.
- sparky_z 4y agoHave you never needed to mail something while you were traveling?
- gwern 4y agoSounds unreliable. You ever try that?