Flock Cameras (thread 18), Episode 5: Don't Read My Mail: How the Post Office Built Privacy in America

Episode five of Flock takes you through the surprisingly rich history of the U.S. Post Office, from Ben Franklin and the Constitution to the 1878 Ex Parte Jackson decision that said a sealed letter stays private even while the government delivers it.

We’ll talk about how a trusted mail system became a tempting surveillance tool, why the envelope’s outside isn’t the whole story, and what that old rule teaches us about today’s cameras and databases. It’s like a conversation over coffee—come listen in.