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Some Walmart delivery drivers are buying their credentials online โ€” letting anyone deliver goods to your door::Walmart Spark driver accounts are popping up for sale on Facebook and Instagram as the retailer's delivery service struggles to verify who is working

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[-] sugarfree@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This is already common among food delivery apps, probably every single gig service has this problem.

[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is it a problem though? If they do the job I really don't care that much. Not many people doing delivery to go back and rob the place.

[-] sugarfree@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Account sharing lets people who have lost their accounts get back onto the platform. If working credentials are easily available then banning malicious/useless drivers won't be effective.

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