For complete privacy, you can manage alerts and notifications yourself with a free self-monitoring plan from SimpliSafe. You can also live stream from cameras if you want to find out what’s making ...

Locking the doors, keeping your fingers crossed, and hoping for the best is no way to leave the house anymore. These days there are a ton of home security devices you can access 24/7 from virtually ...

Isn’t it funny how when you think about protecting your home, particularly with surveillance gear, your first instinct is to cover your front door? Usually, you do that with a standard security camera ...

A garage door opener usually provides sufficient security for a garage on its own. However, if you don’t have a garage door opener, want an extra layer of security while away from home, or can’t use ...

Burglars are on a mission. They want to get in and get out of your home as quickly as possible, with as much as possible. Usually (as in, 34% of the time) they choose the front door as their point of ...

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Did you know garage doors can be one of the most common ways to break into a house? According to criminal justice professor James Lynch at the University of Maryland, it’s common to forget to lock ...

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