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    Walmart and Amazon want to see inside your house. Should you let them?

    by Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times Jun 21, 2019 5 minutes

    The war for the e-commerce shopper is fought on the battlefield of convenience. One-click ordering, same-day delivery, automatic toilet paper refills: There's no pain point so small someone won't pay to do away with it.

    Although shopping online may be hassle-free, getting those orders delivered can be tricky. To solve that problem, Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc., the two largest retailers in the U.S., are now offering to send delivery people inside your house to safely deposit your packages indoors and your groceries inside your fridge.

    To calm fears that delivery people might get up to no good, both companies are promising to let you watch the deliveries happen live on video. There's one catch: Amazon and Walmart get to hang on to that video too.

    Sound like a good deal?

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