News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate phone number (2013). Parent comment

Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by slumos on Saturday March 30, 2019 @11:21PM (#19533584)
Emailing a photo of the front of an envelope, as Informed Delivery does, is very different from opening mail addressed to another person. I beleive I’m remembering correctly that when I looked into Outbox in 2014, they required a Power of Attorney!

When I signed up for Informed Delivery, I had to show id at a USPS office. Seems like fairly strong authentication when compared to any other web or mail service.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by diogenescynic on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:12AM (#19534174)
You could sign up for Informed Deliverey online with just an address. There was no verification whatsoever.
[ Parent | on HN ]