Today’s musings concern delivery packages and geolocation, and may be pertinent if you receive a residential delivery this month. You know, maybe a present or something.
Let’s say you receive a package at your house, the delivery driver takes a picture of your package on your porch as proof of delivery…and the package is subsequently stolen by a porch pirate before you get it.
“Hey, you’re out of luck,” the company may say. “The package was delivered.”
How long will it be until security professionals advise you to NEVER EVER EVER HAVE RETAILERS DELIVER PACKAGES TO YOUR HOME? Use a locker or a staffed business address, but treat residential delivery as EVIL…just like public wi-fi.
Or perhaps expensive packages could be equipped with geotagging…like your luggage. I know that delivery companies hate geolocation as much as airlines do…but it’s a thought.
(Thanks to the anonymous victim of a porch pirate who inspired this. AI-generated image by Google Gemini.)
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