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Re:Show HN: Send snail mail from the web by labpdx on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @03:10PM (#5821484)
Would you read / inspect each letter going out? What would stop a bad guy from sending a threatening letter to the President using a fake name and return address? It'd be postmarked outside of their actual city, with no link back to them unless you're logging IPs.
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Re:Show HN: Send snail mail from the web by bavidar on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @03:12PM (#5821496)
We value security and privacy and no letter is read. We can track payments through credit cards so the sender is not anonymous.
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Re:Show HN: Send snail mail from the web by rrouse on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @03:26PM (#5821585)
Prepaid cards are rejected?
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Re:Show HN: Send snail mail from the web by tbrownaw on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @03:52PM (#5821729)
Aren't there already remailing services at cities with interesting names? I wouldn't think this could be worse.

I also wouldn't think it would be worse than the drop-off boxes at post offices. Sure those have a known physical location, but that just means you go slightly out of your way next time you leave town for a big football game or whatever.

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