OPSEC - what's best

As far as OPSEC is there a forum i can look at to read about it, I was told to always pout your real actual name when placing and order but with these types of magazines in want to order I don't feel comfortable having my actual name on it. I used to use a fake names and real addresses (obviously) but why is it good OPSEC to put your real name for shipping purposes and not an alias or something??

From what I’ve heard - the post office knows the names that are associated with your address , so a different name could make someone suspicious .

Pihkal-1 said:

As far as OPSEC is there a forum i can look at to read about it, I was told to always pout your real actual name when placing and order but with these types of magazines in want to order I don't feel comfortable having my actual name on it. I used to use a fake names and real addresses (obviously) but why is it good OPSEC to put your real name for shipping purposes and not an alias or something??

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2 main reasons that I can think of off the top of my head:

1) Much like @Bigfish529 mentioned - using a fake name is FAR more likely to flag the páck coming to your àďďress than just using your real name, or the name of a person that lives there and is associated to the location.

2) Using your real name does not automatically implicate you in any crime. You have no idea what is coming in each páçk that is delivered to your addý. There’s nothing stopping someone from packing up their dog’s s#!t, and shipping it to you. Same logic applies to mags. So, even if you get a visit from the local LÈ or Féďs, they have to get you to admit that you know what’s in the páck, and then actively accept the pâck for them to execute some sort of search/arrest.

Without an admission and/or acceptance of a flagged páck, then they do not have the probable cause needed to search your abode/bring about any charges.

Pls note I’m not a lawyer, this info is just what I remember reading during my time digging into the DO’s and DONT’s of OPSEC.

-MB