AN AMAZON COURIER CAN WANDER INTO YOUR HOME WITH A PARCEL BY SCANNING ITS BARCODE

an important delivery? Even if the answer is once, you’ll no doubt recall falling to your knees and upsetting the dog with an explosion of profanity.

The question is, will this convenience alleviate the obvious security concerns? Our guess is no. Your average burglar isn’t suddenly going to morph into Mr Robot, but you’re placing a lot of trust in Amazon to keep its databases protected from professional hackers. And what if a courier is intercepted on approach? Not only will they get your parcel, but access to your home too. The retail behemoth has its work cut out to get consumers on board with this one.