"Amazon Key" launches in Milwaukee allowing deliverers to enter houses

(CBS News) -- Would you let a stranger in your house? Would you do it for someone dropping off that amazing thing you ordered? Amazon hopes so.

The online retailer will launch a service next month called Amazon Key that would allow delivery people walk into your home to drop off a box when you're not there.

Those who want the service would first have to buy a camera and a Wi-Fi connected lock from the Seattle company that starts at $250. Shoppers can then select in-home delivery on the Amazon app. When the delivery person shows up, the camera starts recording and the door unlocks.

To buy the lock, click here.

Rival Walmart is currently testing a similar service in California's Silicon Valley, which lets delivery people drop off packages.

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