Have you ever had that sinking feeling when you get a delivery notification, but your package is nowhere to be found? Or worse, discovered a mysterious charge on your account for something you never bought? You’re not alone! With online shopping booming, fraudsters are getting craftier and bolder by the day.
Before you let panic set in – there’s a high-tech hero in town designed specifically to keep your packages – and your identify – safe and secure.
Enter smart lockers: a fortress against thieves that will save you from the nightmare of package theft and fraud.
First, a little primer on smart lockers..
Picture super-secure, high-tech mailboxes, kind of like little package hotels, where your deliveries can chill safely until you pick them up. No more worrying about porch pirates or missed deliveries! Just punch in a code, and voilà—your package is ready and waiting. It’s like having a personal concierge for your online shopping spree but without awkward small talk.
So, we know what you’re thinking…how can this be safe and secure? Isn’t it possible for someone to break in, or hack the code and steal my stuff?
The short answer is no. Remember what we said about smart lockers being like fortresses against thieves? Here’s why…
Tracking numbers. Ok, every package has a tracking number but with a smart locker the door will only open once the correct tracking number is keyed in. Who in this world would happen to guess a 6 character passcode? Statically this would mean, there are precisely 1 million possible combinations for which you would need to guess the correct one.
Assume the would-be thief guessed the tracking number. Each smart locker is equipped with features such as two-factor authentication. This means that before you can collect your package, you must remember two things: the tracking number and the encryption code provided. It’s unlikely, if not impossible, that anyone can guess one, let alone TWO passcodes.
Let’s say a thief managed to guess both codes (crazy, right?). Now what? Well, each locker is equipped with hidden motion detection and CCTV. That’s right. If someone were to break into the locker by some miracle, we’d not only have their image, but customers would be notified. If that’s not enough, the lockers all have built-in silent alarms that will notify the police immediately.
All of this sounds much safer and more secure than sending a package to your home, right? To sit on the porch, face the elements and hope that a porch pirate doesn’t see it. Next time you’re doing some online shopping think about it, we’d love to help secure your packages until you’re ready to pick them up.
On a side note, Penguin Pickup has leveraged best practices and learnings from across the world to bring Canada the latest in locker technology.
Later this year, we’ll expand our smart lockers across the country and be ready to serve you.
