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I always thought there were laws against running a service like this in the US. For example the rules for registering a USPS P.O. box are very stringent:

> To rent a PO Box, two different forms of identification are required. At least one of them must be a valid photo ID. [1]

This way they can actually track you down if you have something illegal shipped to the box.

A service like this where you can easily sign up without properly verifying your identity is just waiting to be used as a temporary drop-box for people shipping drugs from SilkRoad, people shipping goods they bought with a stolen credit card, etc.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-office_box#United_States

[ryanhuff]

That Wikipedia article described USPS PO Boxes. Private companies (Mailboxes Etc, etc) have offered similar services in the US for years, although they are not technically a PO Box. They may have similar requirements, but the link that you provided does not discuss it.

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Right. USPS PO Box was just one example. It's my understanding that the other services have the same requirements.

E.g. I checked and UPS offers a service called My Choice:

> The UPS My ChoiceSM enrollment process uses public record information to verify your identity.

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/sri/ups_my_choice...

[pbhjpbhj]

The CIA could just set up cameras facing a locker location (and possibly fit cameras in the lockers). Add some very expensive computing for facial and image [of the goods] recognition and you might be doing them a favour???