[0xEF]

It just adds an extra step that keeps the general public away from your PII. The post office knows who owns that PO box and where that person actually lives. A simple subpoena makes that information available to whatever arm of enforcement needs it.

[lazide]

Every info aggregator (including ones that post crap online) already has both bits of info and associates them.

Go ahead, do some searches on yourself - I had accurate addresses and poboxes I’d long since forgotten about.

[0xEF]

Yeah, I know. It's disturbing to say the least. The thinking with PO Boxes is just left over from a time when it was possible to use them as an extra layer of protection. It's barely an inconvenience to anyone who wants to get your address, anymore.

[mindslight]

A simple what? "subpoena"? Is that like a new term for a bulk database retrieval?