Re:USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream
by ben1040 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:22PM
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Nextdoor does something that makes the postcard completely useless -- if you don't respond to the postcard, they'll put you in a queue for your "neighborhood leads" to approve:
The problem is this is your neighbor confirming that a person by that name lives near them. They have no way of confirming that person is the actual owner of the account being verified, unless they go over, knock on their door, and ask "hey, did you sign up for Nextdoor."
So someone could sign up as Nextdoor as me. I throw away the postcard, because I don't know why I got it and I don't want anything to do with Nextdoor. Meanwhile a well-meaning neighbor of mine can just go and approves the account.
https://help.nextdoor.com/customer/en/portal/articles/990082...
The problem is this is your neighbor confirming that a person by that name lives near them. They have no way of confirming that person is the actual owner of the account being verified, unless they go over, knock on their door, and ask "hey, did you sign up for Nextdoor."
So someone could sign up as Nextdoor as me. I throw away the postcard, because I don't know why I got it and I don't want anything to do with Nextdoor. Meanwhile a well-meaning neighbor of mine can just go and approves the account.