How is giving away tracking numbers a security concern?

Vendors should be obtaining these numbers easily and most people don't ask for tracking, so it would be hard for profiling.


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People seem to have a false belief that tracking a package via TOR causes the package to be flagged, which is just absurd. Not all Tor traffic is due to illegal activity, not by any stretch of the imagination. It would be a ridiculous effort to start examining all the packages that were tracked via a Tor exit node.

The short of it is it's a hassle for vendors to go back and update customers with their tracking number, especially those sending multiple packages a day. They can't copy/paste the tracking number really, so they have to go through and manually type it out for everyone who asks.

There's no good reason for privacy either, as once someone gets their package, they can type the number in themselves and see where the origin PO was.

I have never had a vendor refuse to provide one after a package is late. Most priority mail shows up 2-3 days after it's sent, so it's just not necessary for someone to have a tracking number unless they're just an anxious sort who wants to count down the minutes. But it is more work than necessary unless there's actually a problem.


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Checking them on tor raises suspicion, and the post office can somehow see who sent it with tracking number with some effort