Tuesday, 28. October 2003
Topic: - on October 28, 2003 at 12:01:24 AM CET
Big Brother's next weapon: Tracking your letters with microchip stamps
Sending an anonymous love letter or an angry note to your congressman? The U.S. Postal Service will soon know who you are.
Beginning with bulk or commercial mail, the Postal Service will require "enhanced sender identification" for all discount-rate mailings, according to the notice published in the Oct. 21 Federal Register. The purpose of identifying senders is to provide a more efficient tracking system, but more importantly, to "facilitate investigations into the origin of suspicious mail."
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