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Snail Mail As E-Mail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-remove dept.

techcon writes "An Australian startup Planetwide has launched an interesting product called Scan Me. The idea is simple, you redirect your snail mail to them and they scan your physical mail and email it all to you as a text searchable PDF. Targeted at the world wide traveller, it also looks like a good way to help prevent identity theft and getting nasty white powder in the mail."

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  1. Stop identity theft? by SirCrashALot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How would this stop identity theft. Unless you use TLS/SSL email is less secure than snail mail -- its not traveling across bare network wires.

    1. Re:Stop identity theft? by Charbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm also not seeing how this could stop identity theft. If you use this program, aren't you putting your mail in front of the eyeballs of the person that's scanning them?

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  2. Privacy by flibble-san · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't like the idea of someone reading my personal snail mail. I'm sure they get a laugh out of finding out "Mr Jones" subscribes to Busty Babes monthly etc.

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  3. Re:I use a similar service already by Pretor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The banks in Norway has been doing this for year already. With no or low cost, and no paper; the bills are electronic. Combinded with their really good Internet banking services I no longer go to the bank, have to check any of the regular bills and so on. And because of almost 100% "visa" card coverage I don't use cash any longer. I can even buy the bus ticket using a credit or debit card.

    I wonder why people in other countries has to still use checks, bills and etc. I haven't seen a checkbook in Norway for about 10-15 years.

    My sister lives in San Francisco, and boy do the US need to get into the modern age when it comes to banking and payment.