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Google and Alexa Security Controls

Google and Alexa Security Controls

EMC Security's newest wireless systems, Connect+, give customers the convenience to arm and disarm the system using Alexa or Google Home.   How to use Amazon Alexa with Connect+ The Alula Alexa...

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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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Arm Your System with Google or Alexa

Arm Your System with Google or Alexa

EMC Security's newest wireless systems, Connect+, give customers the convenience to arm and disarm the system using Alexa or Google Home.   How to use Amazon Alexa with Connect+ The Alula Alexa...

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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 Being Locked Out

How to Prevent Being Locked Out

Have you ever been locked out of the house? It’s not easy to do anymore since we have so many electronics to help, but sometimes it can’t be helped and it’s more than frustrating.   Below are...

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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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Protecting Your Family with Safety Locks

Protecting Your Family with Safety Locks

As a parent, one of your biggest worries is how to keep your children safe at home. Making sure that windows and doors are fully secure so that children can’t just walk straight out of the house...

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Security Benefits of Outdoor Lighting

Security Benefits of Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor lights make for an easy crime deterrent throughout the night. While motion-sensing lights are by far the best option, simply leaving a porch light on along with the back door or side door...

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The Anatomy of a Burglar-Proof Front Door

The Anatomy of a Burglar-Proof Front Door

The FBI reports that 34% of burglaries enter through the front door. What can you do to give your home’s main point of entry a better line of defense?  Do some springtime touch-ups on its hardware...

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What Is a Smart-Lock?

What Is a Smart-Lock?

What are Smart Locks? Keys are simple devices that have been people have used for thousands of years to open and close locks. These inexpensive and easy to use tools have always existed as popular...

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Top 3 Reasons to Upgrade to a Smart Home

Top 3 Reasons to Upgrade to a Smart Home

It may be hard to believe but in the early 1980s the most advanced technology in smart home devices was a gadget called The Clapper, which allowed homeowners to turn their lights on and off by...

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Smarter Security For Your Home

Smarter Security For Your Home

Your home is safer and more efficient when all your home systems work together. EMC Security has solutions to connect your security system with the vital systems in your home, giving you responsive...

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