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Amazon and others now send you a picture of the package on your doorstep, so I guess they'd let you know?
I often wondered what's the point of that. I received the delivery email, I am still not at home, what would a picture do that the email doesn't?
On the other hand, If you have any used motor oil or hazardous waste to dispose of, you can place it in an Amazon box and leave it on your doorstep.
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Amazon and others now send you a picture of the package on your doorstep, so I guess they'd let you know?
I often wondered what's the point of that. I received the delivery email, I am still not at home, what would a picture do that the email doesn't?
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I think the idea was the homeowner plants the package with the horn, not orders one.
Yeah I think that was the idea. Although.. If the package had a cell network connection it could check that its tracking number has been delivered, then "arm" itself. Or, the package could be programmed to wait for the homeowner's WiFi SSID to appear, then wait for the accelerometer to settle when the package is put down.
Or, I could turn it into an SDR project. Send a Zigbee 'disarm' signal once every 10 seconds or so, if the package got out of range of my SDR it would go off.
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Yeah I think that was the idea. Although.. If the package had a cell network connection it could check that its tracking number has been delivered, then "arm" itself. Or, the package could be programmed to wait for the homeowner's WiFi SSID to appear, then wait for the accelerometer to settle when the package is put down.
Ohh I like that, I bet you could program an ESP32 to do that pretty simply (watch for the SSID to vanish.) Or, I could turn it into an SDR project. Send a Zigbee 'disarm' signal once every 10 seconds or so, if the package got out of range of my SDR it would go off.
It's often a small number of violators – sometimes professional – who've been emboldened by early successes to scale up. So just a few stings, with adequate follow-through prosecution, could have a highly-leveraged effect on the overall rate.
I wonder why stings/bait-items aren't used more often, when an area is facing a rash of specific kinds of crime, like bike theft, parked-car smash-and-grabs, and package theft. It's often a small number of violators – sometimes professional – who've been emboldened by early successes to scale up. So just a few stings, with adequate follow-through prosecution, could have a highly-leveraged effect on the overall rate.
https://www.kptv.com/news/deputies-delivery-driver-for-amazo...
This is where a lot of Intel employees live as Intel's headquarters are here, just to give a picture of the area.