Ever waited for an important package? But you weren’t home or at your office to receive it? At our computer service shop, we know what that’s like. However, Amazon came up with Amazon Key: Good idea or disaster?
Amazon Key allows Amazon’s couriers to unlock your door to deliver your packages. They can unlock your door through a Cloud Cam. It also needs a smart lock. Because the cloud gives permission for a courier to unlock a smart lock. But first, they have to check it against the cloud. The cloud can check for foul play when the courier delivers the package.
Sounds safe, right? But not so fast! Tech security experts found something evil. Hackers and criminals can mess up the camera using anything with a Wi-Fi connection. For example, a ‘courier’ can have Cloud Cam show only a closed door. However, they can come and go as they please because all you see is the closed door. This opens to door to burglary, if not worse. And keep in mind more burglaries happen during the holiday season than any other time of the year. An Amazon spokesperson insisted Amazon Key is safe. They said every Amazon courier has to pass a background check. In addition to that, Amazon has the technology to make sure they’re at the right address and other security measures.
Sorry, I don’t buy it. Why would you volunteer any stranger to come into your house when you’re not there? I don’t care who or what the circumstance is. History shows even the worst serial killers and terrorists and hackers can pass through background checks. Plus, cyber crimes are getting easier to do. I know Amazon wants to be a part of everybody’s life at all times. But enough is enough! The courier you let in your home, for the most part, is a good person doing his/her job. However, all it takes is one psychopath or sociopath. We don’t know. What I suggest is Amazon arrange a time when a person can be home, just like us in computer repair do. When time is arranged, then they can deliver the package. Would you let a stranger around your kids just to collect a package?