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oh, that is easy, also. Oldest known security trick will work for this.
Take USB stick. Mold a clay figure or tablet around it. Sunbake it. -it does not have to be a pretty figurine - in fact, it kind of helps if it is not, harder to copy.  Mail it. Email a photo. Have the recipient compare before smashing. But yhea, you will need a pad for everyone you want secure communications with.
by Thomas on Mon Aug 19th, 2013 at 02:19:38 PM EST
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Point of this isnt that a clay figurine could not be duplicated. The point is that it would take long enough to do so with sufficient accuracy that the recipient should notice the delay.
by Thomas on Mon Aug 19th, 2013 at 02:22:35 PM EST
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I know you live in Denmark, so I am forced to assume that it has been a while since you last sent anything in the mail...

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Mon Aug 19th, 2013 at 04:28:33 PM EST
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Take USB stick. Mold a clay figure or tablet around it. Sunbake it.

This assumes that no packages are X-rayed. But a hollow metal object with an opening that looks like a mold mark might work. Insert data stick, fill remainder of cavity with a metal filled clay, solder the opening shut, grind and polish that surface and glue felt over it as a base. Just don't use a falcon.

A cast or formed metal brass or pewter decorative paper weight would do fine -- unless the authorities became suspicious of the sender or recipient, as acoustic or even more sophisticated inspection might be used. A Dremel tool would suffice to open the base in the appropriate place. If one desired to reuse the object just have a back piece that is soldered around the entire bottom edge. But this is getting to be non trivial.  

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by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Mon Aug 19th, 2013 at 05:51:20 PM EST
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perhaps deep down it's a government scheme to get people using the post again to drive the price up for privatisation

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Aug 19th, 2013 at 07:12:47 PM EST
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