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For many online shoppers, packages often linger for distressingly long hours outside
their homes, where they can be stolen or soaked by rain. Now, if customers give it
permission, Amazons couriers will unlock the front doors and drop packages inside
when no one is home.
What could possibly go wrong? Amazons new service, Amazon Key, will
require customers to buy a kit that starts at
The head spins with the opportunities for $250 and includes a security camera made
mischief in letting a stranger into an empty by the company and a smart door lock
home. There are risks for couriers too made by Yale or Kwikset. When a delivery
whether its an attacking dog or an escaping comes to a customers door, the lock first
cat. To allay these concerns, Amazon is asking helps Amazon verify that the driver is at
customers to trust it buy a package of the correct address at the appropriate
technology including an internet-connected time. It then starts recording video and
smart lock and an indoor security camera. unlocks the door, capturing the entire visit.
Amazon is also offering the
camera, called Amazon Cloud
Cam, as a stand-alone product
for $120, significantly less than
other internet-connected
cameras.