Sure, on the surface this seems like a good idea. Each person can have their own email address, linked to where they live.
And then I will get twice as much junk mail. Forgetting about spam issue,let's look at the privacy issue. With this system, it will become very easy for people to figure out where you live.
And let the government administer it? Great. Something else for those annoying sales people to buy and use to find you. And since it is legal for most ISPs to read your emails, then the USPS could legally intrude into any emails sent to or from its system, without a warrant or Carnivore software.
I only hope that if this idea goes into effect. It will be truly optional. As I will never access it or use it.
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Sure, on the surface this seems like a good idea. Each person can have their own email address, linked to where they live.
And then I will get twice as much junk mail. Forgetting about spam issue,let's look at the privacy issue. With this system, it will become very easy for people to figure out where you live.
And let the government administer it? Great. Something else for those annoying sales people to buy and use to find you. And since it is legal for most ISPs to read your emails, then the USPS could legally intrude into any emails sent to or from its system, without a warrant or Carnivore software.
I only hope that if this idea goes into effect. It will be truly optional. As I will never access it or use it.
I agree that this was a great mystery and solving it ruins a whole topic of conversation. But at least I now know I was right...