How do you take deliveries anonymously? (lemmy.world)

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I realise that this question is subject to local trends (and I'm in the US), but I encourage people in other countries to submit their methods!

How do you accept packages/deliveries anonymously? Of course, there are mail redirection services, but a third party which corroborates with different parts of the chain can likely figure out your identity and what you have purchased/have incoming.

I haven't been able to find a good solution to this yet, and I believe the new rule in the US is that the receivers identity must be reported to the government? This (or a variation of this, I don't remember) is a recent event.

Thanks!

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[-] hushable@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

For mail one method has been to scout out a house, the have mail sent to it. Pick it up from the house. (Nobody home, before owners retrieve it, etc) - this is illegal and considered theft of mail

An empty plot might be a better idea, I had an acquittance who installed a mailbox in an empty plot on his neighbourhood and had stuff sent there.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I've heard one criticism of this method which is that mail carriers generally know which houses are vacant, so if they get a suspicious package going to such an address that may actually raise an alarm.

For people ordering drugs for example people will recommend using USPS and a real person's name/address, since the US postal service requires a warrant before inspecting a package, and the idea is you're trying to hide in plain sight.

[-] hushable@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

valid concern, but this was not in the US

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