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		prussia on April 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why can't my mom email me? Well, it's a lot easier to automatically scan and store emails than postcards (eg, flagging all emails with certain keywords or in certain languages)... I guess nowadays they can use OCR to scan postcards, but that would be of doubtful value to any of the 3 letter agencies.

mulmen on April 11, 2024 [–]

The USPS literally scans and stores all mail sent through the USPS.

kayodelycaon on April 11, 2024 | | [–]

And it's a feature, their Informed Delivery service will send those scans to you in an email.

tristan957 on April 11, 2024 | | [–]

All they get are equivalent to email headers. They don't know what's in the box or envelope unless you've had to declare it with them for some reason.

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