[Ipg-smz] Decoy Amazon shipping box on porch stolen within three minutes -- in Jersey City, NJ

[Sharon Fisher]

That's the logistical solution that will have to be created -- how to get
the "key" to delivery services -- including drones and robots -- and to the
people who live in the house.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:11 AM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Who will have the key?
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 9:00 AM Sharon Fisher <slfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I expect we'll eventually have locked safes on our porches.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 6:00 AM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Honey pots could reduce box theft. Deliverypeople aren't allowed to
>>> leave stuff in mailboxes. Some are authorized to carry wireless terminals
>>> and get signatures, driving their own cars. Mine usually leave the stuff on
>>> my porch, within view of my desk. Amazon has tried to put lockers into
>>> stores so packages would be safe.
>>>
>>> But delivery is a huge societal change we're still accounting for.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:48 AM Patrick Corrigan <phcorrigan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> They could cut this in half if they'd just ring the @#$%^ doorbell!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 3:43 PM Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fascinating ---
>>>>>
>>>>> "We had a box out on the street for three minutes before it was
>>>>> taken," said police Capt. James Crecco, who is overseeing the mission. "We
>>>>> thought it was a mistake at first."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/New-Jersey-city-teaming-with-Amazon-to-thwart-box-13457047.php
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> --
>>>>> Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com
>>>>> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html
>>>>> http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro
>>>>> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
>>>>> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
>>>>> "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from
>>>>> real options."  David Suzuki
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>>>>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>>>>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Patrick Corrigan
>>>> Email: phcorrigan at gmail.com
>>>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-h-corrigan-61669422
>>>> Member, Internet Press Guild http://www.netpress.org
>>>>
>>>> "For every difficult and complex question there is an answer that is
>>>> simple, easily understood and wrong."
>>>>       H.L. Mencken
>>>> --
>>>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>>>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>>>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>>
>>>
>>>> --
>>> Dana Blankenhorn
>>> http://www.danablankenhorn.com
>>> http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/#.WJzBOzsrLIV
>>> --
>>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>>
>> --
>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>
> --
> Dana Blankenhorn
> http://www.danablankenhorn.com
> http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/#.WJzBOzsrLIV
> --
> Ipg-smz mailing list
> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>


-- 
Sharon Fisher
https://authory.com/SharonFisher
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://netpress.org/pipermail/ipg-smz_netpress.org/attachments/20181212/f5ef3ce4/attachment.html>