> I think it is a reasonable layer of defense for home networking. Let's say Amazon won't deliver to your apartment number, just a central point at your apartm

> I think it is a reasonable layer of defense for home networking. Let's say Amazon won't deliver to your apartment number, just a central point at your apartment. - This is like thinking you can stop locking your door because your apartment number isn't public information. - It would be better if your apartment had a direct public address so you could get packages to your doorstep instead of having them wait in some common area. - Most people take regular, obsessive trips to application-level exchanges like "Facebook" to interact with others and are fine with it. Hopefully everything you ever want to do is OK with Facebook.