Your ISP is already "spying" on you. They subject the bits you send to traffic analysis, they might do deep packet inspection, they record your use of the network, etc.
Also, the government doesn't need a warrant to intercept a UPS package.
Also, the government doesn't need a warrant to intercept a UPS package.
[citation needed]
Disclaimers: I am not a customer, and have not used the service, but believe that looking at the security methods used by those actively prosecuted is a decent way to figure out with precautions/security measures work.
*though a quick google of ups open package on warrant will reveal many on dubious forums
The law specifically prevents this for US mail.
They're probably buffered on a Microsoft OS. Do they get a copy too? Can I expect my Dell not to be keylogged? It seems like in a "post 9/11 era" we have no expectation to anything short of getting your balls fondled.
> I don't have any particular expectation of privacy with regards to the bits short of their actually decrypting them
None at all? Would you share your network traffic with me?
Tell this to the people going after Snowden.
What if UPS could scan your package and interpret the bits on a memory stick inside? Would that be reasonable? (They could frame it as "we scanned the bits, transferred it over the internet to another memory stick, and copied and delivered those contents".