亚马逊有些司机把手机挂在树上来抢单

芝加哥郊区的亚马逊公司配送站和Whole Foods超市附近出现了一个奇怪的现象：树上挂着智能手机。

司机们争抢快速配送的即时优惠（Instant Offers），即时优惠由一个自动系统发送，该系统通过智能手机检测附近有哪些司机。当司机看到即时优惠时，他们只有几分钟的时间来接受送货，否则就会被别人抢走。

在手机塔覆盖良好、WiFi热点丰富的城市地区，该系统可以检测到智能手机的位置在20英尺左右。这意味着，在Whole Foods门外树上的手机会比就在一个街区之外的司机更早地收到送货优惠，

据观察过这一“作弊”过程的司机说，树上的手机似乎可以作为主设备，在小区里给附近的多个司机调度路线。

A strange phenomenon has emerged near Amazon.com Inc. delivery stations and Whole Foods stores in the Chicago suburbs: smartphones dangling from trees. Contract delivery drivers are putting them there to get a jump on rivals seeking orders, according to people familiar with the matter.

Drivers are competing for fast-delivery Instant Offers, which are dispatched by an automated system that detects which drivers are nearby through their smartphones, according to two people familiar with the technology. When drivers see an Instant Offer, they have only a few minutes to accept the delivery or lose it to someone else.

In an urban area with good cell tower coverage and plentiful WiFi hotspots, the system can detect a smartphone’s location to within about 20 feet. That means a phone in a tree outside Whole Foods’ door would get the delivery offer even before drivers sitting in their cars just a block away.

The phones in trees seem to serve as master devices that dispatch routes to multiple nearby drivers in on the plot, according to drivers who have observed the process. They believe an unidentified person or entity is acting as an intermediary between Amazon and the drivers and charging drivers to secure more routes, which is against Amazon’s policies.  source



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难道不怕被盗吗？

这个现象有点意思😆😆😆