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It just adds an extra step that keeps the general public away from your PII. The post office knows who owns that PO box and where that person actually lives. A
by 0xEF 1y ago
It just adds an extra step that keeps the general public away from your PII. The post office knows who owns that PO box and where that person actually lives. A simple subpoena makes that information available to whatever arm of enforcement needs it.
- lazide 1y agoEvery info aggregator (including ones that post crap online) already has both bits of info and associates them. Go ahead, do some searches on yourself - I had accurate addresses and poboxes I’d long since forgotten about.
- 0xEF 1y agoYeah, I know. It's disturbing to say the least. The thinking with PO Boxes is just left over from a time when it was possible to use them as an extra layer of protection. It's barely an inconvenience to anyone who wants to get your address, anymore.
- mindslight 1y agoA simple what? "subpoena"? Is that like a new term for a bulk database retrieval?