<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">spinach williams</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spinach.williams@gmail.com">spinach.williams@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:19 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Private Address Forwarding proposal to USPS<br>To: Sai <<a href="mailto:noisebridge@saizai.com">noisebridge@saizai.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Sai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noisebridge@saizai.com" target="_blank">noisebridge@saizai.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://s.ai/paf" target="_blank">http://s.ai/paf</a><br>
<br>
I've proposed the USPS adopt Private Address Forwarding, and the USPS'<br>
comments are in.<br>
<br>
tl;dr proposal: Google Voice for postal mail. The USPS assigns you a<br>
unique ID, you tell them where to forward that ID, and they can't<br>
disclose who it belongs to or where it goes without court process or<br>
your permission. You could get mail that's just addressed to "PAF<br>
13JS-00EG-C, United States", and it'd automagically get routed to you.<br>
You can also choose to give UPS, FedEx, etc permission to access the<br>
forwarding info if you want.<br>
<br>
tl;dr benefits: Getting mail while preserving your privacy; never<br>
having to update your address w/ everyone when you move (just w/ the<br>
USPS); cheaper & easier than PO boxes.<br>
<br>
Take a look & tell them (and me) what you think. :-)<br>
<br>
Enjoy,<br>
- Sai<br>
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</blockquote></div></div></div>what about receiving things in different places, for Reasons? and how's
anyone supposed to remember a goggle voice number to write down when
they want to send a letter or postcard? and what's going to stop access
to the server? i mean, that thing's totally been hacked before and now
those bodies one might fear snooping around is actually baking their own
backdoor into internet protocol itself. what's even the downside to
name+address for physical mail this solution seeks to address? does this
benefit extend to those who don't have regular internet access?</div></div>
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