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Amazon's latest way into your life is through the front door

If customers consent, smart locks can allow couriers to unlock their doors to deliver packages

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Published Thu, Oct 26, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Seattle

    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, Amazon's couriers will unlock the front doors and drop packages inside when no one is home.

    What could possibly go wrong?

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