I was a Silk Road user and made a few orders to my house. I have not ordered anything since SR was taken down. My question is would it be safer to have my orders shipped to a po box rather than my house?
Ordering to a p.o. Box in the United States
I was a Silk Road user and made a few orders to my house. I have not ordered anything since SR was taken down. My question is would it be safer to have my orders shipped to a po box rather than my house?
[3 Points] None:
[3 Points] SilkRoadGuru:
Its up to you but you need to understand this about P.O Boxes. To open one you need more than one form of I.D, it is one more set of hands that handles your package, and you lose all grounds for deniability as P.O Boxes are not publicly listed like a house address is. House addresses are public and that means that anyone can find out your address and ship you anything with the purpose of blackmail.
[3 Points] SVRSAUNDERRIEL:
here in my stste you can go to the county building where the courts are and get a homeless mailing address and box. it is just like a home you can get drivers licenses and anything sent to them.they can even be added to the white pages. the best thing is postman delivers, no one checks you in to the mail room. and you just need an ID of some kind of any kind. the bad part is is that its right next to the courts, its only open from 7 to 6 and its a county building..
[2 Points] None:
To answer your question,
I'd recommend looking into a 3rd party mail service.
They offer private PO boxes, usually with added security, can sign for your packages, and they have climate control :)
[2 Points] poboxthrowaway:
I know that a lot of students at Stanford ordered from the Silk Road and their only option is shipping to P.O. boxes. If you're ordering small quantities it may still be marginally better to order to your home, but at the end of the day the risk is very similar.
[1 Points] axxofreak:
I feel like it is the same because don't you need a social security number for a post box?
[-3 Points] myelbow4:
Honestly the safest is to order to a vacant house and then wear all black and pick it up at 3 am.
The debate between PO boxes and home addresses comes up from time to time. Some people prefer having a PO so they can go check their mail late at night.
There are risks no matter which you choose but I personally think a home address would be safer. Be sure to use PGP, tumble your coins, and keep a clean house.