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I'm kinda concerned about the security angle on all of this. You have people phoning up UPS finding out the addresses of where packages are going, and potentially writing down the address if it turns out not to be theirs. You can see from the tracking results on UPS that UPS are leaving a lot of these on the steps of residences and thus if you setup the correct monitoring you now have the possibility of people runnin…
I don't think they say the address right away when you ask for it. Fairly certain they ask you to confirm your name and the address that's meant to be on the package and mention if it is the same or not. Regardless, this certainly raises a concern.
Me: I'd like to confirm the address of a package being sent to me.
Agent: Is it the package ending in the code XXXX?
Me: Yes
Agent: What is the address?
Me: The address is XXX XXXXX.
Agent: No, the address listed is YYY YYYYY.
Me: Thanks.
Beyond being disappointed it wasn't my address I have to say I was a bit surprised they let the address out that easily. She could have easily just said that was not the address it was shipped to.