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Maybe you haven't rented in a while from a management company.

There are any number of stupid trends nowadays.

apartment account/login required to do almost anything, including autopay. electronic phone/garage keys with almost trivial consent of access to your apartment. apartment internet required. third party apps with account/phone/video+photos requirement to access package room, etc.

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The electronic keying is probably annoying but it's got to be an order of magnitude better than having master keys and locks.

At least when it's electronic it's logged and auditable somewhere. The amount of bad outcomes from keys floating around out there is absurd.

> third party apps with account/phone/video+photos requirement to access package room

And despite that, packages will still be stolen regularly.

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