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Reading Your Postal Mail Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-you-really-better-do-backups dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remote Control Mail gives us one more reason not to leave our computers. Their service lets you access your postal mail on the Web. They offer scanning of mail contents, shredding, recycling and shipping. There's a good writeup on Techcrunch, complete with a CAD animation showing some robotics technology (Flash Movie) that RCM is developing to automate mail handling. The service costs $25 to get started and $20 a month for individuals." Now if we could only reply the same way.

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  1. Doubleplusgood! by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And we all know that our mail contents will be kept 100% private.

    Snail mail is the ONLY private form of communications we have left.

    1. Re:Doubleplusgood! by Broken+scope · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You think they don't open letters sometimes?

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    2. Re:Doubleplusgood! by NiteShaed · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Snail mail is the ONLY private form of communications we have left.


      Until of course someone steals your mail, reads through it all, and steals your identity. But hey, at least it keeps the crystal meth users busy. If someone wants to steal your mail, they'll find a way.

      Also, Doubleplusgood? How do you equate the police of the Ministry of Love reading messages specifically looking for "crimes" against Big Brother, with automated document scanning by a private company that you hire? There are plenty of times when 1984 references are on target, but this doesn't seem to be one of them.....
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  2. Does anybody have tinfoil hat instructions by HolyCrapSCOsux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Normally I'm not a super-huge privacy advocate, but something about this makes me a bit uncomfortable.

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    1. Re:Does anybody have tinfoil hat instructions by HairyCanary · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Errr... all of your postal mail is already routinely handled not only mechanically, but by real live people.

  3. Re:Excellent by planetmn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With few exceptions (Taxes are the only thing that comes to mind), I can get all of my statements paper free. This includes Credit Card, Cable, Phone, Gas, Electricity. In fact, they would prefer (and push) the electronic methods of receiving your bill. Some people (me included) just prefer paper bills. An easy to store and reference method of your account history.

    -dave

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  4. And why did I want this ? by richg74 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Let's see. When I get postal mail now, I:
    1. Get it from the mail box
    2. Open it
    3. Read it
    With this service, I would:
    1. Get it from the server
    2. Open it
    3. Read it
    4. Pay $20 per month
    BRILLIANT ! Where do I sign?

    More seriously, I can see that this might appeal to people who travel a lot, but for everyone else ?