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It seems like the most secure way to send a message these days might be snail mail. While I know the feds to open it from time to time in specific cases, they
by ry0ohki 13y ago
It seems like the most secure way to send a message these days might be snail mail. While I know the feds to open it from time to time in specific cases, they definitely don't open all.
- jes5199 13y agono, they don't open the mail, but they scan all the addresses as part of their routing process. We should assume that all postal "metadata" is stored forever.
- gemma 13y agoAs a veteran of the USPS software industry, I wouldn't worry too much.
- simonebrunozzi 13y agoLOL :)
- shitgoose 13y agohilarious!! since we on the subject, are there any veterans of NSA software industry who can share some insight?
- Achshar 13y agoI assume they would be under some sort of NDA.
- gsibble 13y agoIt is: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mai...
- eplanit 13y agoThere is a lot to be said for Snail Mail in that regard. There are far more privacy guarantees (i.e. clearly defined requirements for warrants, and stricter terms) relative to electronic forms of communications.
- ptwiggens 13y agoThey take a photo of the front and back of every piece of mail that is sent. Your content is safe, but they still get the metadata.
- thetrb 13y agoCouldn't you just leave off the return address? In this case there's not much metadata to collect except for the recipient address.
- riquito 13y agoYou can also fake the "from" address in an e-mail, and send it from somewhere in the world via vpn
- jobigoud 13y agoI did a fun experiment once. I wrote the actual recipient address in the return address place, and put a non existant address in the front. I also didn't stamp it. It did arrive to the recipient 2 weeks later, with a "return to sender" banner.
- jsymolon 13y agoWorking in the mailing business and dealing with the USPS carriers; they are not dummies (the usual people warning here) and if someone gets curious on why so many pieces arrive at a certain address w/o postage, I would expect that address to get flagged for a special looksee.