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Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by tw04 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:14AM (#22169517)
You solved it! Except the post office won't accept Fedex or UPS packages, and if you try to have a package delivered to one, UPS and Fedex will refuse the shipment.

https://www.quora.com/Will-FedEx-deliver-my-package-to-my-lo...

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Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by js2 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:31PM (#22172515)
You can redirect FedEx packages to any local Walgreens up to midnight before the delivery day. UPS has something similar with CVS. For me this is even more convenient than USPS due to more locations and longer hours. It works even for signature-required packages.

https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/fedex.jsp

https://www.cvs.com/content/ups?linkId=77387667

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Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by tw04 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:09PM (#22173555)
That's cool and something I didn't know about, but I'd still argue it does nothing to solve porch pirates in 90% of the country. CVS and Walgreens are non-existent in rural America outside of large towns/cities.
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Re:Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers by greglindahl on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @03:47PM (#22173870)
Most people in the US live near a large town or city. The coverage metric that's interesting is people, not area.

When I last lived in a rural area, the UPS guy would leave packages inside my unlocked car.

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