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Re:Amazon Home Services by unreal37 on Monday March 30, 2015 @10:12AM (#9289596)
The security concern (for the drone and the contents) is a bit overblown to me. What about all those ATM bank machines in all sorts of "insecure" places? We've somehow figured out how to keep money inside a machine that is unattended. The amount of theft that occurs on those things is minuscule and banks put the cost of such theft into their profit calculations.

The Amazon drone won't take off unless you confirm in advance (using the app) being able to accept the package, and you need to enter a code at arrival for it to release it to you. I am sure the drone can call for help, and keep lots of video and other evidence of what happened to it.

Ultimately, Amazon just calculates the loss of 1/10000 drone packages into their profit calculations.

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Re:Amazon Home Services by monocasa on Monday March 30, 2015 @11:19AM (#9290084)
We solved that by making ATMs unmanageably heavy. Not the best option for a drone.
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Re:Amazon Home Services by unreal37 on Monday March 30, 2015 @05:21PM (#9292690)
Yeah maybe it's not the same solution. But it's a solvable problem, I believe. I trust that the Amazon team had this conversation 2 years ago, and came to some conclusion that the risk was manageable. Would they send their lawyer to congress fighting FAA regulations if an 8-year-old kid with a pellet gun could knock one out of the sky?
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