Posted on 10/25/2017 10:42:50 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Twelve years ago, Amazon launched Prime, a subscription service that entitled members to free two-day shipping in the United States. Since then, it has added a number of options to make delivery faster and more convenient. Prime customers can get same-day delivery, and drop off with an hour or two on some items. Of course, customers aren’t always home to receive their packages. So Amazon started putting lockers in nearby convenience stores and building lobbies. It even showed off drones that could drop the package right into your backyard. Today it’s taking the obvious next step and introducing a service that will allow Amazon couriers to open your front door and put your package safely inside your home.
The service is called Amazon Key, and it relies on a Amazon’s new Cloud Cam and compatible smart lock. The camera is the hub, connected to the internet via your home Wi-Fi. The camera talks to the lock over Zigbee, a wireless protocol utilized by many smart home devices.
When a courier arrives with a package for in-home delivery, they scan the barcode, sending a request to Amazon’s cloud. If everything checks out, the cloud grants permission by sending a message back to the camera, which starts recording. The courier then gets a prompt on their app, swipes the screen, and voilà, your door unlocks. They drop off the package, relock the door with another swipe, and are on their way. The customer will get a notification that their delivery has arrived, along with a short video showing the drop-off to confirm everything was done properly.
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Yeah........no.
I might let them unlock a detached tool shed. Thars about it
Oh, c’mon!
Let’s say you are taking a bath and realize you have no clean towels but your smart phone is within reach. You go to Amazon, order a towel and a guy brings it straight to you in the tub. Who needs house maids and servants? We can all be kings.
The same couriers that just chuck your stuff over a fence because they’re too lazy to open the gate ?
“What could go wrong? “
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Sounds like an extension of their idea to sign a deal w/the post office! Good deal for the inept PO!
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GIGO!
> They drop off the package, relock the door with another swipe, and are on their way. <
They forgot about the part where the courier unlocks a window from the inside.
They have been doing this in Japan for about 40 years.
Wasn’t Walmart or some grocery chain proposing the same? Call me crazy but I’d rather look down the block, under the shrubbery and behind the right back tire for my packages.
My Amazon orders go to a UPS store mailbox.
Cheap security.
Yeah having total strangers come into your house, clean your house, and walk your pup..what could POSSIBLY go wrong/sarc
So, robbers follow Amazon guy, sneak up behind him as he’s unlocking the door, then walk into home. Tie him up and the house is theirs.
Did anyone speak up at the meeting when they hatched this failure?
Come on in—meet my big dog!
Uh Huh!
Sounding more-n-more like We The People...= big gubmint, big biz, big everyfnthing, Etc.
Write yer congressfnthing 4-attention/help ;)
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Our massive, debt-based, zero-interest, printed central banking money bubble is sustaining all kinds of bizarre ideas, from Academia to Amazon.
Sure. Technology never fails! No one ever writes flawed programs. No thief ever figured out a way to overpower the system.
No way, Jeff!
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