▲ 1202 ▼ 17 years* (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 months ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 238 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://mastodon.online/@FranckLeroy/109627512801712672
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) How is it not anonymous? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taldan@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 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 permalink fedilink source parent
