Maybe Letting Delivery Drivers Into Home Isn't Actually So Safe

A recent survey of US adults found 68% weren't comfortable giving delivery drivers access to their homes to leave packages inside, as happens with Amazon's new service, the Seattle Times reports. 

That number may soon go up even further. A security research firm tells CBS News a "really simple" hack could make the service decidedly less secure. With Amazon Key, launched last month, delivery drivers use an app to unlock the front door, drop a package off, and lock the door behind them all while being monitored via a wireless camera.

 But Rhino Security Labs says a de-authentication attack on the Wi-Fi router could take that camera offline. What's worse, Wired reports doing so wouldn't suspiciously send the camera to black but just freeze it on the last scene it recorded—such as a harmlessly closed door.

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