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Label printing as underestimated security risk - Stamps might be bad, but label printing is another risk!

by /u/PlasterOfBerlin · 0 votes · 2024-04-28 22:29:00

Why on Earth would you trust a company that sells shipping labels? If you buy a label using some anonymous means, the parcel could be flagged. And the postal service could systematically subject those parcels to greater scrutiny without human involvement.

Some label printers might sell the info of every single customer who buys a label matching some criteria, including the condition that the buyer used anonymous means of payment.

Sure, some postal worker who thinks he knows everything will come on here and say, "that's not how we do things." But that's not how opsec is done. Good opsec means considering the risk in all its potential. Good opsec mainly listens to the risk, and generally not any supposed lack of risk.

I'm not a vendor. I'm just an asshole. But all of this fuckery about buying shipping labels from third parties using crypto to send shit anonymously? That's an opsec black hole. I bet the successful legit vendors have special means of buying labels so that the packages or letters don't get systematically flagged. Normal idiots who become vendors and buy shipping labels are bound to get caught or get their customers caught.

I'll be happy if someone proves me wrong.


User: /u/Amphora

It's definitely a tricky topic. The "opsec black hole" is a very true way of putting it. Feds could set up their own service for such things and then bust vendors in mass if they wanted to. It's really really dangerous. Depends on the country though. If you can source them anonymously from such services and make sure you're untrackable IRL when pack dropping then it's "okay" in a way. But if you can source everything yourself anonymously you should not even consider convenience and directly do it yourself for the added control of your operations.