As many of us suspect, incoming mail from tax havens or certain Arab countries may raise red flags. Or perhaps you have a romantic interest in someone from another country and you prefer to keep that information to yourself. Whatever the case, there is a simple solution.
1. Sign up with a mail-receiving facility in Europe, where mail service is excellent.
2. Instruct your bank, lover, or business friend to send all letters to your new European address.
3. Have your re-mailer open the letters, scan them, e-mail them to you, and then shred the letters.
4. When you receive the scanned letters, print them out (if necessary) and then delete them.
The above may not be a perfect solution but it’s a lot better than having certain letters coming into this country with your name on it, even if you are using a PO Box or a commercial mail receiving agency (CMRA). One such service is offered on my website—an address in Spain’s Canary Islands. You may direct any questions about this to Rosie Enriquez, senorita [at] canaryislandspress [dot] com.
I still don't understand how we can trust the re-mailer services, no matter where they are. What if the FBI or another secret police org has infiltrated them? What if they (maybe inadvertently) hire crooks to do the document processing for their customers?
ReplyDeleteWhat about the interception of all international e-correspondance by the NSA. I would rather take the chance of paper interception rather than guaranteed NSA monitoring.
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