Hyve Smart Package Locker Review: Protecting Your Holiday Deliveries

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA smart lockbox for your porch can secure incoming gifts, if your delivery driver uses it and there's still room inside, Wired reports in its review.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo conditions. That's what we in communications call a flexible security framework.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe hyve locker has seven point four cubic feet inside, and the company says it fits roughly eighty percent of Amazon's package configurations.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEighty percent! The company is being so transparent about the other twenty.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt lists at two hundred ninety-seven dollars. The company says its battery runs eighteen months, while the product page says twelve.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich month is the bonus one?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe company says porch pirates stole more than twelve billion dollars in packages the year before launch.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd one user review on its site calls the open notifications spotty when you're away.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you'd be told your gift is safe, eventually, in the spirit of a surprise.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA locker that works if the driver cooperates, if there's room, and if the phone buzzes.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a very secure box for packages that were never going to be stolen.