Amazon Wants the Keys to Your House

Amazon Wants the Keys to Your House

7 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3dpy7/amazon-key-cloud-cam

Amazon has grown into a demanding corporation over the last year. It wants your local government to subsidize it with tax credits. It wants to put a camera inside your bedroom. It wanted (and acquired) Whole Foods' more than 450 stores. Now, it wants the keys to your house.

Amazon Key is a new service unveiled Wednesday that allows Amazon couriers to open your door and leave packages inside, ostensibly so they don't get stolen from your front porch. The move is Amazon's latest attempt to fully optimize its Prime subscription service, which offers free two-day shipping in the United States as well as other perks. I imagine one day an Amazon delivery robot will drop off your Prime package or Whole Foods order directly to your bed, no need to get up.