I bet the criminal part of society are rubbing their hands at where some of this tech is going.

So are the governments. Or is that what you meant?

No thanks.

Ha, some would say there isn't much difference.

I see this as a decent idea.

Which is the bigger risk? Package at front door getting stolen or a courier who knows they are being recorded setting something inside your home? I think the package at front door is a bigger risk. Granted this is definitely a suburban area solution. The secondary risk is the lack of professionalism you may find in couriers. Do they validate your door is secure?

For me, I generally don't worry about 99% of the things I buy from Amazon as they arrive via USPS and go to my centrally located, locked, mail box in my community. This is a big reason I stick to items 'shipped by Amazon' otherwise the 3rd party seller may ship via UPS/Fedex which is then left at my door.

This is stupendous stuff I'm reading here. Just like a great magician, Amazon are distracting the audience from the real 'trick' in order to convince the audience to see what they need them to see. Everyone then inevitably thinks about the obvious 'problem' which is that someone will then have access to your home. So clearly a 'solution' (framed as a positive) is required, but no matter how obvious the consequential problem is, the audience still focuses entirely on the perceived 'true' problem: Someone physically coming into your home.

Can you guess what the real problem is?

Bolded!

Interesting. I think I'd rather not have the service at all because it's clearly designed to enable more serveilance.

They've created a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist by adding a problem people aren't thinking about, framed as a solution to a problem that wouldn't exist at all if they hadn't made up the sulution to a problem that didn't exist. 

This is fucking genius. 

While I want to sound smart and rational, my heart tells me to say "fuck off with that", so yeah... fuck off with that.

Now I know why Trump wants to build the wall. It's to stop Amazon employees from leaving the USA when they steal stuff from you. When people work for Amazon and feel almost like a slave when they look at their paycheck, I guess entering a home even with a camera filming them won't be enough to stop some from using their chance to rob at least those who have some expensive stuff at home.

Well, on the other hand people let babysitters in their home and take care of their kids even when they don't know these babysitters. I'm sure those will love Amazon even more now.