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flippyheadtoday at 2:24 PM3 repliesview on HN

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randomguy2026today at 2:39 PM

All humor and pithy quips aside. The assumed liability is very different. A driver of a commercial courier accidentally transporting an illegal substance is at much less personal risk than an average citizen or small business.

I think this match-maker platform should be willing to shoulder more that liability. KYC but for bill of lading as well?

While not 1-1 or perfect, AirBnb and TaskRabbit platforms include insurance and other risk mitigations for both sides of p2p relationship.

ahhhhnooootoday at 2:30 PM

You think the average person has the infrastructure and the relationship with customs and the DEA that FedEx and ups do?

raw_anon_1111today at 2:32 PM

Yes because if someone gets stopped carrying contraband who works for FedEx, delivering in a FedEx truck, wearing a FedEx uniform is going to be treated the same as Bob in his Honda Civic who said he picked up a package from a known trap house and had no idea what was in it.

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