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Mentioned previously on SN, Amazon has started direct-to-car deliveries:
Amazon is expanding its in-home delivery service called Key to include deliveries to trunks and back seats of cars. The service is available only to Amazon Prime members in 37 cities who have a 2015 or newer Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac or Volvo with an active OnStar or Volvo On Call account.
Essentially, these are already connected cars that can be remotely unlocked — in this case for package delivery, which Amazon promises within a four-hour window. The shopper has to confirm that they've parked within range of the delivery location — in a publicly accessible area — and can track the progress through the Amazon Key app.
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(Score: 2) by toddestan on Friday April 27 2018, @03:47AM
For a car thief, getting into a locked car is not really the challenging part of stealing a car. The real challenge, especially on a newer car (as required for this service), is to get the thing started. And I supposed dealing with OnStar's tracking of the vehicle after stealing it. If they really want the car, most likely they'll either bring a tow truck and tow the car away, disconnecting the battery to kill OnStar. Or if they have some inside connections they'll get a key made (like you could at the dealer) in which case they can just walk up, unlock it, start it and drive off as if it was their car.
I'd be more worried about the delivery guy stealing the change in the cupholder myself.