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steam it, open the seal gently, and reseal it?

open it destructively and make a new envelope? this is probably the easiest option for a 3-letter agency.

soak it in a liquid that doesn't dissolve the ink, photograph the layers of text, and decipher it later?

shine a really bright light on it, using a color that isn't well absorbed by the paper but is absorbed by the ink?

If there's a way to harden paper mail against even a moderately prepared adversary I'm totally interested in learning about it...




Something like this maybe:

http://www.wired.com/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-polis...

Or mail a postcard with a message encrypted by one-time-pad.




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