Using the postal service might be lower-risk, but it's not risk free.
If you try that, don't forget about the Mail Covers [1] program.
If you're mailing a reporter at the NY Times, you're at risk if you use your own handwriting. You might also be at risk if you use a printed label [2].
There's also the risk that your mail will be intercepted, and I wouldn't be too shocked to discover that government agencies were selectively (or not-so-selectively) reading our mail [3].
Its really sad how low trust in the rule of law has become. US Mail used to be sacrosaint. Damaging a mailbox is a felony to give an idea of how strong the law is in this area.
If you try that, don't forget about the Mail Covers [1] program.
If you're mailing a reporter at the NY Times, you're at risk if you use your own handwriting. You might also be at risk if you use a printed label [2].
There's also the risk that your mail will be intercepted, and I wouldn't be too shocked to discover that government agencies were selectively (or not-so-selectively) reading our mail [3].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_cover
[2]https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-d...
[3] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/53dk3n/this-camer...