Postal Hacking

Presented at The Last HOPE (2008), July 20, 2008, 3 p.m. (60 minutes)

A review of the United States Postal Service discusses numerous mail-related issues. What is the heaviest thing that you can send in a flat rate box? What happens if you mail a sphere? What are the mysteries of digital postage meters? A look at how modern automation allows you to send a letter 3000 miles for only 42 cents and what security vulnerabilities might exist in that infrastructure. How the new "PLANET" barcode will track all mail in the future. It's all 100 percent legal, but sure to make the mailman wonder. Postal inspectors welcome.

Presenters:

• CypherGhost
  CypherGhost hacks a living applying cypherpunk cryptographic techniques to protect consumer privacy in data warehouse applications. He is fascinated by industrial markings and anti-counterfeiting technologies. In his spare time, he likes taking tours of industrial, military, atomic, and "big science" facilities. He has received official permission to postmark and cancel his own mail - and so can you.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/The Last HOPE (2008)/The Last HOPE (2008) - Postal Hacking.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZjTDQYK0W8

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