so i ordered some stuff the other day and got the UPS tracking number. and of course you know when you have a tracking number you gotta check it every couple hours just to see where your goodies are. at least i do.
much to my surprise it said my goodies were delivered about a year ago to someone in alabama!!!
i figure its a typo and contact the company. they reply that UPS has been "recycling" tracking numbers. i google about it and find out that yes UPS is reusing them. they're something like 20 characters long and in one year they need to reuse numbers?
that in and of itself isnt so bad, but that i can see who signed for that previous one and when it was delivered. nothing terribly telling, but shouldn't stuff like that be wiped before "recycling"???? but then again there is no password or anything in tracking numbers, i suppose i could script something to hammer through the numbers sequentially and kill some curious cats. wheeeeee!
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