Automated physical package delivery with end-to-end package security

An automated package delivery system for end-to-end package security, the system comprising:

• a sender portable electronic device associated with a sender and comprising:
• a network interface to communicatively couple with one or more communications networks;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• communicate a package delivery request to a package distribution service indicating a recipient for a physical package to be sent by the sender to via a distribution facility;
• receive, responsive to the package delivery request, a public encryption key computed as a function of a private decryption key of the recipient;
• encrypt a lock code, responsive to the package delivery request, to generate an encrypted lock code;
• associate a unique package identifier for the physical package, responsive to the package delivery request, with the encrypted lock code and with delivery information indicating a physical recipient destination of the recipient and a logical recipient destination of the recipient;
• secure physical contents in the physical package by locking an electronic lock on the physical package using the lock code;
• and
• initiate delivery of the physical package from the sender to the physical recipient destination, in association with the package delivery request after the sending, such that the physical delivery comprises physically routing the physical package to the physical recipient destination in accordance with the unique package identifier from the physical package, and communicating the encrypted lock code to the logical recipient destination in accordance with the unique package identifier.