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2023-03-03 -Great Cultural Revolution
USPS now photographs all mail
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Posted by 3dc 2023-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,  

#1 And if you believe the rumors, fingerprints as well.

I guess if we are re-defining everything, might as well redefine Going Postal



Begs the question: that warrant needed, is it needed if the USPS itself does the search? A sort of because it was freely handed to us, we have jurisdiction?
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-03 14:25||   2023-03-03 14:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Panic hysteria slobbering.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-03 14:27||   2023-03-03 14:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Nothing suddenly new ...Fireman son does it due mail theifs while he is on shift. Called "informed delivery"... but bothers the hell out of me regarding likely big brother abuses.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-03-03 16:11||   2023-03-03 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Can you say that grammatically?
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-03 16:49||   2023-03-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Makes sense, especially in this age of porch pirate as vocation. Along those lines, like that the freight people are taking pictures of deliveries; sure is a lot more fun that playing I said/He said with pallets wraps.

I believe the concern at the time was that during Obama's 2nd term institutions and procedures being put into place might eventually be used against political rivals and enemies.

I think Robert Michels did some thinking about that.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-03 16:55||   2023-03-03 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 My theory is, every time they photograph my gas bill, that's money that isn't going towards the war on terror, drug smuggling, etc.

Pathetic bastiches...
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-03 17:48||   2023-03-03 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Do they have an app where you can download your last several postal use photos? In case you need to prove you mailed something.
Posted by jpal 2023-03-03 18:07||   2023-03-03 18:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Read cop fiction. The cameras aren't working or don't show anything useful.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-03 18:10||   2023-03-03 18:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Screen shot of the app sure looks like it.

From under one of the tabs:
Informed Delivery is a free service from USPS that shows you preview images of incoming mail, as well as status updates about your incoming and outbound packages.

Says it sends a B/W scan pic of mailed item, plus transit history and status.

Looks like it does what the other delivery services does, such as 'Brown'. I was the recipient of a wrong address parcel; next day it was picked up and I guess sent to the correct address, all on the senders side complete with a phone call -don't open that please!-.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-03 18:17||   2023-03-03 18:17|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd imagine you could say "Check is in the mail, sent it 3 days ago." and literally forward a pic of said addressed envelope, location, and ETA.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-03 18:20||   2023-03-03 18:20|| Front Page Top

#11 Old news. Some people don't like walking / driving to their mailbox for junk mail.

Slobbering idiots.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-03 18:21||   2023-03-03 18:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Quick question for the droolers: Who owns your mail once it's in the box?
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-03 18:23||   2023-03-03 18:23|| Front Page Top

#13 An ITSEC buddy mentioned, a possible hack.
Where you can sign up as someone eles to monitor their mail for things using an anon trash email acct.... if they haven't singed up alread.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-03-03 18:24||   2023-03-03 18:24|| Front Page Top

#14 Always a crack. Why you need to own all that sh*t even if you don't use it.
Posted by M. Murcek  2023-03-03 18:26||   2023-03-03 18:26|| Front Page Top

#15 It would also suggest that mail-in ballots could be traced back to a point of origin and highlighting such shenanigans such as multiple entries from a single address, unless things are kept so generic as to prevent such tracking, such as drop-off kiosks unless its true that fingerprints are also scanned.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-03 18:48||   2023-03-03 18:48|| Front Page Top

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