I realise that this question is subject to local trends (and I’m in the US), but I encourage people in other countries to submit their methods!
How do you accept packages/deliveries anonymously? Of course, there are mail redirection services, but a third party which corroborates with different parts of the chain can likely figure out your identity and what you have purchased/have incoming.
I haven’t been able to find a good solution to this yet, and I believe the new rule in the US is that the receivers identity must be reported to the government? This (or a variation of this, I don’t remember) is a recent event.
Thanks!
Depends on what you want delivered and your threat model:
There are services that will buy stuff from Amazon have it delivered to a locker and they give you the code: https://anonshop.app/
For mail one method has been to scout out a house, the have mail sent to it. Pick it up from the house. (Nobody home, before owners retrieve it, etc)
You can pay someone money to receive a package then they can leave it at a dead drop
You can get have someone else setup a mailbox for you, but give you the key. (Post box, or mailbox etc)
You can use a virtual address service, and they receive the mail for you and scan it so you don’t need physical delivery.
Thank you for the link to anonshop.
Any other services that can hold your packages against monero?
https://kycnot.me/?t=service
Thanks
Wondering if this is a thing I can add or not; someone confirm if this is another possibility:
Not sure on the first part or the last part which could be separate issues.
I don’t think you can book hotel rooms without identification anymore, in the US
So much for freedom. lol
An empty plot might be a better idea, I had an acquittance who installed a mailbox in an empty plot on his neighbourhood and had stuff sent there.
I’ve heard one criticism of this method which is that mail carriers generally know which houses are vacant, so if they get a suspicious package going to such an address that may actually raise an alarm.
For people ordering drugs for example people will recommend using USPS and a real person’s name/address, since the US postal service requires a warrant before inspecting a package, and the idea is you’re trying to hide in plain sight.
valid concern, but this was not in the US