That's the point of disagreement. I don't think the people receiving the packages are targets or victims in a brushing scam. What have they lost? Don't answer "their information" because this scam does not compromise their information. It utilizes information that was already lost before the scammer decided to send them a package.
And Napster was just enabling the theft of copyrighted music (in the form of digital data) that had already been stolen and, hey, since it had already been stolen there was no crime in it being "shared" millions of more times, right. Except there was.
Fact is, scammers do not have the right to possess your personal info, and every time your information is illegally bought and sold or used, you are victimized again, violated again. You do not have to have your car or your wallet stolen to be the targeted victim of theft, and you don't have to end up in the hospital to be a victim. Using a person's identity to misrepresent their opinions is also criminal, just as it is criminal to commit transactions in their name or in any way involving them, and doing so certainly targets and victimizes.
And you absolutely do
not know that someone's personal information was "already lost"; an unsolicited package may well be indicative of a far greater identity theft in progress, or a fresh security breach of which even the vendor is unaware (Amazon in this case but it could be anyone; months often pass before breaches are detected). It may also indicate that a scammer has far more information than merely your shipping address and that package is a test run. Not to mention that a strange package on your doorstep might be far more dangerous than some clown running a brushing scam; just because something looks like it came from Amazon doesn't mean it came from Amazon. Unsolicited packages can also cause tremendous stress for a person who receives them, particularly if they receive unwanted attention from someone, like an ex or a stalking type badgering them, or they are a vulnerable senior living alone, or simply do not like being disturbed. There are countless reasons why this type of scam victimizes, the USPS link you posted says as much, too.
You speak as if personal data is frivolous, yet such data is obviously becoming the most valuable commodity in the world, if it isn't already, and hence one of your most valuable personal possessions. I suppose one might not consider the illegal and unauthorized use of their personal information to be a crime, or even noteworthy, if one does not particularly care that their personal information is being abused, which is their choice, or does not see how potentially dangerous that can be. I, however, place great value on personal information and am highly protective of my own, and I identify that identity theft, whether the impersonation of another person online or worse, is not something to be so lightly dismissed. I would also consider a scammer using my identity to endorse dodgy products to be highly problematic, clearly illegal, and potentially a symptom of a far more serious problem. I would hope that if some scammer started using your personal information, your name and address, as their online identity, you might not be so cavalier.
For what it's worth, frono, I worked as a senior systems engineer in what we used to call Silicon Valley for 20-years and retired at the age of 45, and never once, not once, ever heard anyone in the tech security sector talk like you have been or suggest that data and identity theft in any form is anything other than a severely serious problem and equally serious crime. Your personal information falling into the wrong hands can cause you a lifetime's worth of grief. As a crime, identity theft is not in any way to be underestimated or dismissed as "victimless". You now live in a world, particularly since the introduction of vaccine passports, where your digital personal information has never been remotely close to this important or this valuable. Or this prized by thieves. And unlike the Mona Lisa, which wouldn't go missing without notice, your personal data absolutely
can be stolen without notice. Repeatedly. Unlike a physical object, your personal data can potentially be stolen millions of times.
And, yes, excellent point you make about regionalism. It is a big factor. Huge. It is true that laws concerning data protection are not exactly universal and some nations are less concerned than others when it comes to individual privacy rights. Unfortunately, today, a scammer that may appear to be on the other side of the world may in fact only be on the other side of the street.