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doe88 is talking about mail covers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_cover), a program where the USPS provides copies of the information on the outside of envelopes to the federal agency requesting it.

This program is controversial because no lawful order is required for the USPS to collect this information. It's an egregious violation of US citizens' privacy.

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Yes, I know, that's what I was talking about as well. What he was actually saying was "It should cost almost nothing to implement as they already doing it for law enforcement anyway" which would mean that they are actually reading the letter contents - which is just not true, as far as we know.

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