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2. They may not have been storing it in your day but they are now.

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 07:02 PM

Jun 2013

That's how they were able to go back to the data to find the ricin actress.

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USPS photographs front and back of every envelope that runs through the system. [View all] dkf Jun 2013 OP

Oh, this is disingenuous as all hell. Occulus Jun 2013 #1

They may not have been storing it in your day but they are now. dkf Jun 2013 #2

"in my day" included that time period Occulus Jun 2013 #3

So why are DMIs trained on MICT? FarCenter Jun 2013 #6

Because it's their job. Occulus Jun 2013 #9

PICS is the image capture system; MICT is something else entirely Occulus Jun 2013 #13

Except that the only mail going in front of the image lift camera Occulus Jun 2013 #20

Why isn't it spying? treestar Jun 2013 #22

thanks for the information. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #11

It just didn't go the way you thought it would, did it, dkf? Occulus Jun 2013 #4

Seems to be a daily occurrance. Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #7

Good government requires good watchdogs. dkf Jun 2013 #8

You have to know what you're talking about first. Occulus Jun 2013 #10

They are already using it for these purposes. dkf Jun 2013 #17

I did this for a living, dkf Occulus Jun 2013 #18

+1. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #15

No wonder they are going broke BainsBane Jun 2013 #5

Really, storage for that many photographs must be a mother. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #16

Around 3000 letters per GByte or 3 million per TByte. FarCenter Jun 2013 #19

This is bizarre treestar Jun 2013 #21

Its how they sort mail mechanically at extremely high speed 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #23