While browsing this sub a few weeks back, I came across a comment which went something along the lines of 'the post office snaps a picture of each piece of mail that they process' and that got me thinking...surely they must weigh each parcel/letter and attach some internal (USPS) tracking ID (even if you didn't pay for it) to monitor the progress of the letter. I assume that's what the bar codes are for.
My point, is it better to vary weights ordered so as to not have the same say, 7g, letter coming to your house? I am assuming the average weight of a typical USPS letter is less than that, and ordering something regularly might throw up a flag that could lead to you getting monitored or even CD'd. Can someone with more knowledge than me chime in?
Additionally - if this is the case, do vendors take this into account? I know we're not going to explicitly detail stealth, but since I've had that thought I can't shake the feeling that they know more than we give them credit.
Thanks!
ThrowItTheFuckAwayyt
I don't know a nicer way to say this, but you're being very much overly paranoid about this.
Mail is not tracked unless it is requested by the sender. They scan an image of all mail and store it for five years. This exists as metadata and is indexable, not necessarily indexed.
I can't quite fathom how difficult it would be, on top of the tremendous dedication of time, money, and resources it would require to weigh all mail and look for a pattern such as "resident gets a 8g letter from Mississippi every third Wednesday." It just isn't plausible.
And yes, LE knows much more than many people give them credit for. However, there are constitutional rights that override the suspicions of a single or multiple entities. The fact is even if your scenario was possible, it does not give probable cause of anything whatsoever, period.
On a personal note -- you may want to hold off on making orders until you're more comfortable about the process. (Or perhaps switch your DOC to benzos or sedatives?) It should not at all be anxiety-inducing in the way that you seem affected. Just take a few steps back, a few deep breaths here and there, and remember that this system has been in plavce for years and is simply too large to be a stoppable force.