RE: UKNM: Waitrose man in The Guardian

[Tom Hedges]

My guess is that it won't take long before you get teams of blokes in vans

with the right equipment who'll whizz round the 'burbs, ripping these things

out form the ground(camera and all) and dismantling them in their own time

in some lock-up somewhere...


Tom @ Prodigy


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Niki Hunter [SMTP:nikigsc-ltd [dot] co [dot] uk]

> Sent:	27 November 2000 07:42

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject:	RE: UKNM:  Waitrose man in The Guardian

>

> BearBox have done a lot of research into the whole area of security and

> have

> had conversations with delivery companies, including the Post Office, all

> of

> whom were more than happy with the security BearBox has put in place.

>

> Reasons why security is not an issue:

>

> 1. Because every time a person opens the box an electronic signature is

> transmitted to the BearBox server, the system is considerably more secure

> than the current process other carriers use which usually involves asking

> "someone" to sign for a package (assuming they are around) or just leaving

> the package "round the back". Both retailers and carriers have expressed a

> preference for the BearBox electronic signature, since it more formally

> "pins down" who has had access to the box and when (only the owner can

> open

> it with his physical key).

>

> 2. Each BearBox has a tamper alarm installed, which issues an audible

> warning, and also notifies the server that unauthorised access has been

> attempted.

>

> 3. If there was a second delivery into a box before it was collected by

> the

> owner, we would know who had had access to the box and when. Again,

> retailers and carriers like this model.

>

> 4. If a retailer is sending a valuable item, he can "book out" the box,

> meaning that no other deliveries can be made until it is collected by the

> owner.  The owner can also set this feature as a preference.

>

> 5. In order to break into a box (which is as difficult to break into as

> most

> cars), the thief would have to trespass a person's property (in most cases

> during daylight hours) with some kind of tools. In addition, unlike a car,

> where you can often see, say, a mobile phone, on a seat, he/she wouldn't

> know what was in the box. Later versions may also have mini camera's

> installed as additional security support.


[Sam says: msg chopped]



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