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How Cameras Make Your Home Safer

How Cameras Make Your Home Safer

Your home is your sanctuary. You want to feel safe and comfortable in it, knowing that you don't have to worry about intruders or thieves. Security cameras make the home safer in a variety of ways,...

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Security System vs Security Cameras

Security System vs Security Cameras

Whether you’re thinking about investing in a home security system and are considering an alarm system or a security camera, or you already have one but want to know more about the other option, you...

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Boost Home Safety with Cameras

Boost Home Safety with Cameras

Cameras are a great way to make your home safer, but it can get overwhelming. To help you find the right cameras for your needs, here's a rundown of the features you should look for: There are so...

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Safety Tips When Selling Your Home

Safety Tips When Selling Your Home

Placing your home on the market shouldn’t result in increased risks to home security. In fact, it’s in situations like this when you should amp up your protection even more. Why? Because when a real...

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Are Your Cameras Secure?

Are Your Cameras Secure?

Contrary to what some may think, EMC Security cameras are not a part of your monitored security system.  The video is not accessible by EMC Security employees or anyone other than you and those you...

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Where to Put Security Cameras

Where to Put Security Cameras

Security cameras are the most popular form of home security.  There are many to choose from so it's important to know where to place your cameras for optimal protection (and ease of use).OUTSIDE...

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Common Home Security Camera Questions

Common Home Security Camera Questions

Statistics show that 83% of burglars determine if a home has a security camera before attempting to break-in. In addition to deterring would-be criminals, security cameras also provide homeowners...

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Where to Place Home Security Cameras

Where to Place Home Security Cameras

Security cameras are the most popular form of home security.  There are many to choose from so it's important to know where to place your cameras for optimal protection (and ease of use).OUTSIDE...

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What is “Smart Security”?

What is “Smart Security”?

Modern, Wireless, Smart Security When it comes to smart things and security, your experience should be the same. Reliable, flexible and intuitive.  A security system app puts you at the center of an...

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How to Prevent Stolen Packages

How to Prevent Stolen Packages

We've had many reports of stolen packages from porches lately.  This type of crime has been increasing by the day - even more since the pandemic has changed buying habits and more consumer goods are...

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Best locations for your security cameras

Best locations for your security cameras

60% of burglars would consider the presence of security cameras when selecting a target, and more than 40% said that cameras are a factor in choosing another target. Law abiding people don’t tend to...

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Four Ways to Use a Smart Video Doorbell

Four Ways to Use a Smart Video Doorbell

The first electric doorbell was invented in 1831 by Joseph Henry, an American scientist who later went on to serve as first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Fast-forward 170 years later and...

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What to do if your package is stolen

What to do if your package is stolen

Many of us have felt the frustration of expecting a package delivery and it not arriving on time.  Worse yet, an increasing number of people have received a notice of delivery but the package isn’t...

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Tips For Outdoor Camera Placement

Tips For Outdoor Camera Placement

A home without a security system is 3 times as likely to get broken into than one with a security system. Video cameras add even more protection because they often deter criminals before attempting...

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Living With Roommates – Safely

Living With Roommates – Safely

Today, more people are living in shared housing arrangements than ever before. Nearly 79 million adults live in a shared household—that’s almost 32% of all adults in America. Whether you’re living...

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Safety at Home – Starting Outside

Safety at Home – Starting Outside

While examining safety in and around your house, don’t neglect safety measures on the outside of your house – to prevent an intrusion before it becomes reality.   Below are a few ideas for...

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How to Prevent Security Camera Hacking

How to Prevent Security Camera Hacking

Have you seen the latest news about the popular security cameras and doorbell cameras being hacked?  Cameras are supposed to create peace of mind.  Instead, these cameras enabled creeps to view the...

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Traditional Doorbell vs Smart Doorbell

Traditional Doorbell vs Smart Doorbell

There have been incredible technological advancements within the market of smart security products in recent years and if you are looking to upgrade your front door security with a new doorbell you...

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Three Reasons You Need a Pet Camera

Three Reasons You Need a Pet Camera

Security Cameras and Pets Not only do indoor security cameras help protect our homes, but they can also help us keep an eye on your pet at all hours of the day, even when you’re not home. This...

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How to Think Like a Burglar

How to Think Like a Burglar

Most people are respectable law-abiding citizens and tend not to have criminal minds. However, as a homeowner, sometimes it helps to tap into your dark side to create a mental checklist of things to...

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Give Burglars the One–Two Punch

Give Burglars the One–Two Punch

Pretend you are a burglar prowling through a neighborhood. You come upon two very nice homes, neither of which have cars in either driveway so there’s a good chance no one is home.  You notice that...

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Best Places to Put Your Outdoor Camera

Best Places to Put Your Outdoor Camera

A home without a security system is 3 times as likely to get broken into than one with a security system.  Video cameras add even more protection because they often deter criminals before attempting...

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Top 10 Places to Put Security Cameras

Top 10 Places to Put Security Cameras

Security cameras seem to be the way of the future for home security, but just buying a camera isn't enough to keep you, your family, and your home safe. OUTSIDE By the Front Door Whether you have...

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