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[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To add to other comments:

There are ways of folding envelopes or letter packages that are destructive in opening, so that tampering could be noticed.

The practice is called letter locking, here's some links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlocking

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/

[โ€“] ramble81@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I did that as a kid in school passing notes!