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[–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Let's be realistic, that isn't an equivalent alternative

Sending mail is pseudo-anonymous at best. It's exceptionally slow. Most importantly, it's insecure to the point where most postal services explicitly recommend against mailing cash

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    How is it not anonymous?

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago

    Because there is a lot of evidence tied to mailing a letter

    • DNA

    • Fingerprints

    • Time and location the letter was mailed from

    • Camera footage of you mailing the letter

    • The letter itself can generally be traced back to where it was manufactured

    • Address handwriting/stamp/sticker

    Even if you scrub anything personally identifying yourself, it still leaves a fairly unique fingerprint. A sufficiently motivated investigator would be able to identify another similar payment without inspecting the actual contents of the letter. Hence pseudo-anonymous

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