[IP] 'Smart stamps' next in war on terrorism
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:49:01 -0500
From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 'Smart stamps' next in war on terrorism
To: "'dave@xxxxxxxxxx'" <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Another long step down the road to the Total
Surveillance State.
For IP, if you wish.
Peter Trei
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20031026-124606-8419r.htm
The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com
'Smart stamps' next in war on terrorism
By Audrey Hudson
Published October 26, 2003
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."
The Postal Service began to look into updating mailing procedures after
the anthrax scares in October 2001 when an unknown person or persons sent
several U.S. senators and news organizations envelopes filled with the
deadly toxin. Two post office workers died from handling envelopes laced
with anthrax.
"This is a first step to make the mail more secure," said Joel Walker,
customer service support analyst for the mailing-standards office.
But what has privacy advocates concerned is a report by a presidential
commission that recommends the post office develop technology to identify
all individual senders, which is directly referenced in the Federal
Register notice. The proposed regulations are open for public comment
through Nov. 20 to the Postal Service.
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