Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cdarwin</span></a></span> And espechally the latter one is a big point.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> is expensive because it has to cover not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COTUS</span></a> / ("lower 48" + D.C.) but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AmericanVirginIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanVirginIslands</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Guam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guam</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MinorOutlyingIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorOutlyingIslands</span></a> and also do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipping</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> bases and troops (or at least peer into their supply chains).</p><ul><li>Basically they do everything that isn't subject to <em>"Defense Courier Service"</em> or other <em>classified mail</em>...</li></ul><p>Not to mention as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NationalCarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalCarrier</span></a> per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPU</span></a> they also get to do a lot of <em>mandatory stuff</em> that is expensive and not abolishable, from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/customs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>customs</span></a> handling to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PosteRestante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PosteRestante</span></a> to god forbid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegrams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegrams</span></a> (not the shitty messenger tho!)... </p><ul><li>The only reason a C5-sized envelope costs me € 1,60 nationwide in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> is because Germany is smaller than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> and way denser urbanized on average.</li></ul><p>Not to mention USPS has to maintain a shitload of locations to get their mandatory availability to the average household:</p><ul><li><em>Pretty shure that USPS kiosk in Salmon Forks even if it's just an unmanned dropbox isn't even recovering it's electricity bill!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalService</span></a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a>, and what happens when infrastructure is being forced to be run as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitBusiness</span></a> with ever absurder <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> demands can be seen in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> with their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TapWater</span></a> systems...</p>