Why not death penalty? Wouldn’t it deter some of this?
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Porch Pirate Criminal Network Stole Thousands of iPhones in the U.S.
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Operational security should be taught in school. Or at all. It’s sad that people have to actively seek out basic information on how to stay safe.
There isn’t evidence that the death penalty or harsh sentences actually deter crime.
“Not ideal”? It’s incredibly crappy. In Spain, deliveries are in person, with ID, and depending on the item you need to provide a PIN number.
And conveniently sometimes the photo is so blurry you can’t discern where it’s located; and it’s in these instances that you need the photo because you can’t locate the package.
"iPhones? Sir, the people who sent the package said it was baby clothes. But don't worry, a member of our security team will be right over. They'll have a friend, who has some handcuffs for you..."
Criminals are going to be criminals. But the ATT employees should just be buried beneath the crappiest prison we have. When people abuse positions of trust, no pity, no mercy.
This is a policy I despise. Even leaving a note to ring the bell gets ignored. Additionally, there’s the potential that a crooked courier snaps the picture, and takes the package back.
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Wow, I'm pretty surprised at all the people here (and the story) saying that FedEx boxes are just left on porches. Maybe where I am things are different, but they're very into signatures or at least leaving packages inside a secure area of the building where I live. I never see a FedEx package left outside. Amazon drivers tend to barely slow down the truck before throwing a box out the door at the wrong address, but at least FedEx is more careful.
Might as well use it so we can make more room in our prisons for lower offenders
FedEx is different all over due to the fact that they are independent contractors. It sounds like you might have a decent contractor. Of all the delivery services in my area FedEx is my least favorite. Things are left on the porch (like most delivery services) but the FedEx packages are always super dirty and sometimes filled with bugs that you don’t want at/in your house.
I’ve had it before where a FedEx driver takes a picture of their shoes or a blank wall or some other nonsense, and marks the package as “delivered” even though they were never even near my address. I’ve had them attempt to leave signature required packages without getting my signature, packages which were far more valuable than any iPhone. I’ve had them attempt to deliver packages when I had a clear vacation hold on the account, so they would be left outside for porch pirates for days on end. I’ve also had packages delivered torn open with merchandise missing. I say this as a fact, FedEx are crooks.
Spare parts? Take a look around flea markets in México, and you’ll see.
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UPS is still worse. Driver went around the neighborhood soliciting “tips” to ensure that future deliveries would occur unmolested. I complain to the regional manager and the response I got was, “Our guys would never solicit for ‘tips’ before a delivery, but they certainly deserve those ‘tips’”. This occurred in Silverlake, a neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles.
Out of all the carriers to hit up, they hit up AT&T’s customers, the one carrier that does NOT unlock devices that are not paid in full.
Same here in México. The story of this article would never happen here since it would be totally unacceptable and fully irresponsible to deliver a package only by dropping it at the front door….
Sadly I can tell you that in México a package delivered that way, wouldn’t survive out there half the day, so for bad or for good, every courier delivers in hand, most of times asking for a code or at least for a signature after they had verified the identity of the person who receives.