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The Season

As online orders continue to grow, package theft rises

by Andy Uhler

Nov 13, 2019

As holiday shopping season ramps up, beware the porch pirates.

A new Amazon hub on the University of Texas at Austin campus is one of the ways companies, like Amazon, are trying to thwart package piracy.

Filipa Rodrigues for Marketplace

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