You woke up early on Cyber Monday to snag that amazing deal on the laptop you’ve wanted for months. The computer is arriving today while you’re at work, and you let out a fist pump when you get the notification that your package has been delivered. Yet when you get home, your package is gone, vanished into the evening, tucked under the arm of a “porch pirate.”
Porch piracy has become such a big problem - more than 100 million packages have been stolen this year, according to security firm SafeWise - that lawmakers are taking action. This week, New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer, proposed the Porch Pirates Act.
