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Interesting. From a strictly technical perspective (this is impractical), we could set up a warehouse somewhere in the country which accepted incoming mail (tag
by nthj 13y ago
Interesting. From a strictly technical perspective (this is impractical), we could set up a warehouse somewhere in the country which accepted incoming mail (tagged with an ID number), dumped the entire package into a plain manilla envelope, then sent it on to the final address.
The final address would be set up via an encrypted web service, so only you and the warehouse know who sent the mail & where the final destination is.
Of course, then the NSA would just take the warehouse's private encryption keys, so it'd only work for about 48 hours, but yeah, you know. Technically possible.
- xyzzy123 13y agoIt would cost more, but what if the warehouse were outside the U.S?
- anigbrowl 13y agoYou know, you're not obliged to put a return address on regular mail as long as it has sufficient postage. It's required for various kinds of commercial mail, or mail requiring special handling eg delivery confirmation).
- nitrogen 13y agoApparently (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5986011 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5986011) the letter can still be tracked by looking up the return addresses and point of origin of letters with neighboring unique IDs.
- anigbrowl 13y agoWell, if you're anxious for privacy to the point of omitting your return address, you should probably not rely on the nearest mailbox to your home.