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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by chinstorff on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:02PM (#15551254)
> if it fails, the failure is contained

What about the failure mode when the courier doesn't follow your parents instructions and leaves the package on the porch?

Now you have the code to the lockbox of the key to the house sitting on the porch where anyone who approaches can gain access to the house.

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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by ajoy39 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:07PM (#15551314)
The lockbox was for the packages themselves, not for the keys to the house.
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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by crescentfresh on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:00PM (#15551813)
Oh boy, took your comment to finally get this. I take lockbox to mean the thing you put on the front door itself to gain access to the house.
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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by eric_h on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:35PM (#15552158)
It means that, too - real estate agents use the term for the little key box they use to let other agents see vacant houses.

Personally I'd use the term "locker" to refer to a box placed outside in which to store packages.

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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by bagels on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:08PM (#15551335)
You change the code, and a few packages get stolen just as would happen if you didn't have the box.
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Re:Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock you... by em3rgent0rdr on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:24PM (#15551500)
Don't put your house key inside the lockbox!
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