BoxLock keeps your packages safe from front-porch thieves

[Gemini]

I tip my delivery man every Christmas. They put my packages in the backyard when im not home.

BoxLock keeps your packages safe from front-porch thieves
You put the BoxLock on a container where delivery people stow your stuff. Only you and the deliverer can open the padlock.

A new internet-connected lock wants to keep your packages safe from potential thieves.

The $129 BoxLock, which is available for preorder on itswebsite, is a padlock with a technological edge. You put the BoxLock on a container big enough to hold delivery boxes and connect the lock to the internet via Wi-Fi. Once you've set up the lock and the app (available for iOS and Android), a delivery person is supposed to use the lock's built-in scanner to read your package label.

The BoxLock uses its internet connection to verify the package is out for delivery with one of the major shipping companies and that you are the intended recipient. If your package meets those requirements, the BoxLock will open, the delivery person puts your order in the container and re-locks the BoxLock. If not, the BoxLock won't budge. Either way, you'll receive a notification on your device.

BoxLock sounds like a good way to thwart the opportunistic package snatcher. The padlock isn't as intrusive as theAmazon Key, a system that uses a security camera, smart door lock and app to let delivery people into your home to drop off your packages while you're away. Plus, the BoxLock's $129 price makes it amongst the cheaper ways to secure your deliveries (the Amazon Key costs $250 to $320).

But how effective can the BoxLock be against someone who's willing to take the whole container of deliveries and attempt to open it later? The company says you should bolt your container to your house or porch from inside so thieves can't access the bolts.

"Most package thefts are a crime of opportunity, if the thief can't see the package they won't know it's there, as far as they are concerned your storage container is probably empty most of the time,"BoxLocksaid on its website.

BoxLock will also need buy-in from major delivery companies and the folks who bring your packages to your door. The company will provide you with a sign that informs delivery people you're using a BoxLock and a tag to put on your container to show the driver how to use it.

"Thus far in our pilot we've seen first-hand how critical driver awareness is," a company spokesperson said. "Combining the yard signs and hang tag instructions have proven to effectively inform drivers about BoxLock and makes sure they can quickly understand how to use it."

We'll take a look at the BoxLock and other home appliances at next month'sInternational Home and Housewares Show.

https://www.cnet.com/products/boxlo...0af2&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

 

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Sam Corser 3 months ago
Kinda missing the point though fella - just the fact there's a padlock in the way will deter the vast majority of opportunistic, lazy thieves. A lot of package theft is spontaneous so this will help to a degree. You're right though - if someone wants through the lock, it won't be a problem to chop it off.

 

[34real]

That's one of my nightmares is being a victim to some low petty thieves .I be home waiting for that UPS man to pull up....

It happens in the city but also in the burbs where shit is simply a waiting game because doors,cars,garages, are unlocked and it be their neighbors doing it,ain't no one more sneakier than whites folks and puerto ricans......blacks a get you too but if you make it too hard to get what they want,their likely to move on.

 

[Gemini]

Most thieves are lazy check out the Ring neighborhood button inside the Ring door bell app. Most of these thieves see the box while walking down the block, they are not planing on stealing packages all day. They see an easy steal and they take it lol.

 

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Get BoxLock 3 months ago
Most thieves are not determined enough to walk around with boltcutters, they stand out and draw attention. Package theft is a grab and dash crime more times than not thieves don't want to hang out doing something that can get them caaught. That being said, if you see something suspicious in your neighborhood, report it!


Lu Van 3 months ago
people steal things when it's easy. much fewer people are going to walk onto a person's porch with bolt cutters to cut through locks to steal random packages.


Luke Zerwic 3 months ago
Seems pretty cool, I could see Amazon buying this idea

 

[Gemini]

Ring neighborhood is free

https://ring.com/neighborhoods

 

[Mylansky]

Most delivery companies like drop off and go. Its no guarantee they would use it

 

[DiGeneral]

Most delivery companies like drop off and go. Its no guarantee they would use it

Word the Fed Ex and UPS guys for my area ring the doorbell, and are usually driving off by the time I make it to my door. Mofos be sprinting out of my driveway..........

 

[DiGeneral]

Most delivery companies like drop off and go. Its no guarantee they would use it

Word the Fed Ex and UPS guys for my area ring the doorbell, and are usually driving off by the time I make it to my door. Mofos be sprinting out of my driveway..........

 

[Shadow22]

That's one of my nightmares is being a victim to some low petty thieves .I be home waiting for that UPS man to pull up....

It happens in the city but also in the burbs where shit is simply a waiting game because doors,cars,garages, are unlocked and it be their neighbors doing it,ain't no one more sneakier than whites folks and puerto ricans......blacks a get you too but if you make it too hard to get what they want,their likely to move on.

I see plenty brehs with sticky fingers in the city . Some 18 and 20 yr old brehs just car jacked an 81 yr young elder and pistol whipped him twice on Monday. I know the bgol model is these yutes is innocent misguided kids.

If Im in the city I have my amazon packages delivered inside a yellow amazon locker via my local whole foods. Just cause the neighborhood has been cleaned up and redevlop u still can't relax like u do in the well off neighborhoods of the city.

 

[Gemini]

Way better then Amazons idea

 

[EPDC]

Imagine ordering a BoxLock....UPS man leaves it at your door...and thieves steal it while you're not home.

 

[LSN]

sign up w/ UPS and FEDEX for free...before the package goes out for delivery reroute it be dropped off @ a UPS or FEDEX drop-off spot (again it’s a free service)...you can have them text/email you when the package is dropped...I use it if I know ahead of time I’m not gonna be home to receive the package

 

[Mylansky]

I ordered a scale last month from Amazon and while in the house I got notification on my phone my package was delivered which surprised me cause I didn't hear the bell. Opened up the door and didn't see it on the porch. This mofo left my shit on curb and left.

 

[Shadow22]

I ordered a scale last month from Amazon and while in the house I got notification on my phone my package was delivered which surprised me cause I didn't hear the bell. Opened up the door and didn't see it on the porch. This mofo left my shit on curb and left.

This is what you and others get for just being so quick to change up and trust. You can't expect bespoke tailored service while paying amazon aka the new walmart type cheap prices.

 

[CPT Callamity]

This is why I applaud Amazon Lockers. I go pick up my packages from the grocery store, especially if it is a high dollar item.

 

[doggish_098]

False sense of suburban security has me not fearing my packages will be taken.

 

[EPDC]

sign up w/ UPS and FEDEX for free...before the package goes out for delivery reroute it be dropped off @ a UPS or FEDEX drop-off spot (again it’s a free service)...you can have them text/email you when the package is dropped...I use it if I know ahead of time I’m not gonna be home to receive the package

I might have to get in on this.

Now that my wife went back to work, we always get packages when no one is home and we don't even have a damned porch they can be left at.

We have a Ring Doorbell but that's only going to do so much.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Adam Knows]

Most delivery companies like drop off and go. Its no guarantee they would use it

yeah that's my biggest problem now. fedex dropping and dashing not even making the attempt to ring the doorbell.

 

[Gemini]

Never had a problem with FedEx.
Lasership workers need to get slappped up. Worst of the worst.

 

[LSN]

I might have to get in on this.

Now that my wife went back to work, we always get packages when no one is home and we don't even have a damned porch they can be left at.

We have a Ring Doorbell but that's only going to do so much.

Thanks for the heads up.

it’s so easy...I used to have it dropped off @ a UPS store near my job...so I’d head there right after work and pick it up...what was cool is that I’d get my package faster than if they had delivered it directly to my house...if I was really anxious to get it sometimes I’d rush during lunch to go pick a package up

 

[Gemini]

Latoya still fine

 

[Word]

Whats to keep people from just picking up the locked box and walking off with it?

 

[Gemini]

Amazon is taking photos of your front door to show when packages have been delivered

Amazon has been quietly rolling out a new program over the past few months where delivery people will use photos to confirm your package has been delivered. The photo of exactly where the package has been placed will be included in the notice of delivery so Amazon users know when it arrived and where it is, as first spotted by USA Today.

Sometimes an Amazon package can be misplaced or stolen, and Amazon’s refund policy means customers can request a duplicate of the original order. With the new Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery program, the company would now be able to check if drivers successfully delivered the package and customers would know exactly where to find it.

“Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery provides visual delivery confirmation — it shows customers that their package was safely delivered and where, and it’s one of many delivery innovations we’re working on to improve convenience for customers,” said an Amazon spokesperson, Kristen Kish.

USA Today reports that the program has existed for at least six months, but only recently has Amazon updated the delivery device and app so that all Logistics drivers can take a picture. The program is currently available in select markets, including Oregon, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, and the Northern Virginia metro areas.




Users who would like to maintain their privacy can opt out of having photos taken. When they view a delivery photo under the Your Orders section, they can click on “Don’t take delivery photos” to opt out.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17068480/amazon-photo-on-delivery-new-feature-front-porch


They should take a picture with their finger on the door bell

 

[LSN]

Amazon is taking photos of your front door to show when packages have been delivered

Amazon has been quietly rolling out a new program over the past few months where delivery people will use photos to confirm your package has been delivered. The photo of exactly where the package has been placed will be included in the notice of delivery so Amazon users know when it arrived and where it is, as first spotted by USA Today.

Sometimes an Amazon package can be misplaced or stolen, and Amazon’s refund policy means customers can request a duplicate of the original order. With the new Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery program, the company would now be able to check if drivers successfully delivered the package and customers would know exactly where to find it.

“Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery provides visual delivery confirmation — it shows customers that their package was safely delivered and where, and it’s one of many delivery innovations we’re working on to improve convenience for customers,” said an Amazon spokesperson, Kristen Kish.

USA Today reports that the program has existed for at least six months, but only recently has Amazon updated the delivery device and app so that all Logistics drivers can take a picture. The program is currently available in select markets, including Oregon, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, and the Northern Virginia metro areas.




Users who would like to maintain their privacy can opt out of having photos taken. When they view a delivery photo under the Your Orders section, they can click on “Don’t take delivery photos” to opt out.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17068480/amazon-photo-on-delivery-new-feature-front-porch


They should take a picture with their finger on the door bell

they gonna stand around and watch my shit safely til I get home tho lol?

 

[Duece]

Most delivery companies like drop off and go. Its no guarantee they would use it

This, those delivery fucks are lazy as hell.

 

[futureshock]

Amazon is taking photos of your front door to show when packages have been delivered

Amazon has been quietly rolling out a new program over the past few months where delivery people will use photos to confirm your package has been delivered. The photo of exactly where the package has been placed will be included in the notice of delivery so Amazon users know when it arrived and where it is, as first spotted by USA Today.

Sometimes an Amazon package can be misplaced or stolen, and Amazon’s refund policy means customers can request a duplicate of the original order. With the new Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery program, the company would now be able to check if drivers successfully delivered the package and customers would know exactly where to find it.

“Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery provides visual delivery confirmation — it shows customers that their package was safely delivered and where, and it’s one of many delivery innovations we’re working on to improve convenience for customers,” said an Amazon spokesperson, Kristen Kish.

USA Today reports that the program has existed for at least six months, but only recently has Amazon updated the delivery device and app so that all Logistics drivers can take a picture. The program is currently available in select markets, including Oregon, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, and the Northern Virginia metro areas.




Users who would like to maintain their privacy can opt out of having photos taken. When they view a delivery photo under the Your Orders section, they can click on “Don’t take delivery photos” to opt out.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17068480/amazon-photo-on-delivery-new-feature-front-porch


They should take a picture with their finger on the door bell

Love this new feature.
Back in January they posted a pic of an order of mine on the wrong doorstep. I walked around looking for it and gave up because it was icy outside. The neighbor had already taken it in. Called Amazon and they instantly refunded my order. About 15 mins later, the neighbor brought the package by...so I got it for free.

they gonna stand around and watch my shit safely til I get home tho lol?

They have another feature on their mobile app that shows where your package is on a map of your area and a countdown of how many deliveries they need to complete before they get to your location.

 

[Dr. Truth]

Amazon is taking photos of your front door to show when packages have been delivered

Amazon has been quietly rolling out a new program over the past few months where delivery people will use photos to confirm your package has been delivered. The photo of exactly where the package has been placed will be included in the notice of delivery so Amazon users know when it arrived and where it is, as first spotted by USA Today.

Sometimes an Amazon package can be misplaced or stolen, and Amazon’s refund policy means customers can request a duplicate of the original order. With the new Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery program, the company would now be able to check if drivers successfully delivered the package and customers would know exactly where to find it.

“Amazon Logistics Photo On Delivery provides visual delivery confirmation — it shows customers that their package was safely delivered and where, and it’s one of many delivery innovations we’re working on to improve convenience for customers,” said an Amazon spokesperson, Kristen Kish.

USA Today reports that the program has existed for at least six months, but only recently has Amazon updated the delivery device and app so that all Logistics drivers can take a picture. The program is currently available in select markets, including Oregon, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Seattle, San Francisco, and the Northern Virginia metro areas.




Users who would like to maintain their privacy can opt out of having photos taken. When they view a delivery photo under the Your Orders section, they can click on “Don’t take delivery photos” to opt out.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/1/17068480/amazon-photo-on-delivery-new-feature-front-porch


They should take a picture with their finger on the door bell

Heather.......Raw

 

[futureshock]

This dude is a fool wit it....he is selling these shirts on his site too.

 

[Mask]

Man this thread is crazy.....

 

[Gemini]

Heather.......Raw

Somebody went raw already

 

[Gemini]

Secure in his Amazon success, Ring CEO returns to ‘Shark Tank’ and rejects pitch for a package lock

Jamie Siminoff swam with the sharks who rejected him five years ago, and in his return to “Shark Tank” for the season 10 premiere on Sunday night, the Ring founder and CEO held his own.

Siminoff, whose pitch for a video doorbell — called Doorbot at the time — was called the show’s greatest miss, eventually sold his company to Amazon earlier this year, and continues today on his mission of making neighborhoods safer.

“Well, well, well, look who’s back,” shark Kevin O’Leary said as Siminoff walked onto the set. “I was the only one that believed in you. … You deserve your seat there.”

Siminoff shook hands with fellow investors Daymond John, Lori Greiner and Mark Cuban, and Cuban told him to “have fun.”


A flashback video took viewers back to Siminoff’s story — one which he has been telling in the run-up to Sunday’s premiere, including at last week’s GeekWire Summit in Seattle. Siminoff was seeking to raise $700,000 from the sharks at a $7 million valuation for his company.

He said he was devastated when he left the show and returned to the garage where he ran his company, “but if it wasn’t for ‘Shark Tank,’ Ring would have never had the exposure that brought people like Richard Branson in to invest and build it into what it is today.”

The first pitch was very much targeted toward Siminoff’s expertise, as Brad Ruffkess, CEO and and founder of BoxLock, took the stage to try to woo the sharks on his package security idea.

Ruffkess was seeking $1 million for 5 percent of the company, saying that BoxLock was worth $20 million. The concept is a smart padlock that can be unlocked when it is used to scan the delivery number on a package. Delivery drivers then deposit a package inside box and re-lock it to try to thwart porch pirates.



“It wasn’t long ago that someone very much involved in security came in here and asked for a ridiculous valuation,” O’Leary said in a nod to Siminoff. “I was the only shark that believed in him, and now look what happened.”

“What happened?” Siminoff replied.

“He could have made a lot of money, and instead he made some,” O’Leary answered.

John had a hard time with the BoxLock valuation, too, and O’Leary said, “Even the Ring guy wasn’t that aggressive.”

“Just because [package theft] is a big problem doesn’t mean you get a big valuation,” Siminoff said.



And the Ring CEO ended up being the first one to pass, telling Ruffkess that he loves the market, but not the product.

“I literally sold my company for over $1 billion to Amazon, so I know package delivery. I control front doors,” Siminoff said. “I don’t like that you have to change user behavior to do this. Why Ring worked is we didn’t have to change the behavior of the customer. It still was a doorbell, it still worked, it just enhanced it. This changes where you put the package, how you deliver the package, the timing of the package. To ask for a $20 million valuation, it’s so far away from me — I’m out.”

Cuban, O’Leary and John all dropped out, too, before Greiner tried to make something happen. She even tried to lure Siminoff back in, to no avail.

“Jamie came in here with a big ask and he didn’t get it. Look where he stands now,” Ruffkess said after leaving the stage. “I look forward to having the tables turned and me sitting in his chair someday.”

If he does get to that chair (was Amazon watching again?) he’ll hear it from the other sharks, who jokingly called Siminoff a “dream killer” for not backing BoxLock.

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/secur...eturns-shark-tank-rejects-pitch-package-lock/

 

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