Creepy UPS identity confirmation

[OakLeaf]

I hold most of mine also, because our lane won't take a lot of truck traffic. UPS My Choice (and the equivalent FedEx service, I forget what it's called - although FedEx will only hold express parcels, not ground) - is the only way I know ahead of time that a parcel is coming so that I can have it held. Or just this week, I got notice that an unexpected parcel was coming to the wrong address. I could've redirected it myself if I'd paid for it, but I was able to contact the shipper and get them to redirect it.


To anyone with an interest in surveillance, two books by James Bamford, The Puzzle Palace (1982) and The Shadow Factory (2009) are a great place to start. But that's a whole different thing from corporate data mining. I mean, here we all are on an internet forum ... some of us take some basic steps to protect our privacy from blunt instruments, but I'm sure TE makes good use of our data (as they should! for hosting this place).