may 8 - amazon prime air pushed into metro atlanta. it's the same airspace where walmart-via-zipline + alphabet's wing are already operating. three commercial drone delivery fleets, one urban airspace.

that's the moment proof-of-presence stops being theory.

the new liability question

a package was supposed to land at 1234 oak street. it landed at 1232 oak street, on the porch next door. the customer called support. the dispatcher pulled the drone's gps log. the gps log was generated by the drone itself, on the drone's own clock, signed by the drone's own (or no) key.

in a small-claims case, that log is hearsay. the operator has incentive to massage timestamps.…