Amazon uses dummy parcels to catch thieves | BBC

The internet of stolen things

"Officers in New Jersey are planting dummy boxes fitted with GPS trackers, coupled with hidden doorbell cameras, at homes around the city of Jersey.
The homes selected for the experiment were chosen using the city's own crime statistics combined with mapping data of theft locations supplied by Amazon.
One box was stolen three minutes after it was "delivered"."

Amazon uses dummy parcels to catch thieves | BBC