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Local post office evolved in Ireland recently and started offering parcel boxes to be installed next to the door. There are 2 keys and one of them allows the po
by sublimefire 3y ago
Local post office evolved in Ireland recently and started offering parcel boxes to be installed next to the door. There are 2 keys and one of them allows the post office worker to open the box and put the parcel in.
This obvs does not work for other delivery companies but now you can see an option in the order forms to allow the delivery company leave the package at the door (e.g. IKEA). Otherwise, it is just unthinkable that someone would leave the package at the door without ringing you and agreeing in advance.
- closewith 3y agoThe main function is to obscure whether a package has been left or not, since the master keys were available online before An Post starred selling the boxes. Some DPD drivers use them too. Physically, they're about as secure as an Amazon cardboard box.
- rtkwe 3y agoA small level of friction can reduce a lot of issues though. Without being able to tell that a package has been delivered they have to break into or open random boxes and hope there's a package inside increasing the chances they're caught and wasting their time. It's the same kind of thing proof of work anti spam measures can work under, it adds a tiny friction to legitimate users but illegitimate users have to do tons of work to send their spam or in this case open a lot of boxes.