Cameras, locks, doorbells, and systems that keep your home safe.
There’s a version of the smart home privacy conversation that’s all about dramatic hacking scenarios — someone accessing your cameras remotely, a voice assistant recording your conversations. Those things do happen, but they’re not the main privacy story. The more common issue is quieter and less dramatic: smart home devices collect a significant amount of…
When most people decide to add a security camera to their home, they spend a lot of time comparing brands and resolutions — and not nearly enough time on the more basic question: does this camera belong inside or outside? Get that wrong and you end up with an indoor camera that fogs up in…
A smart home full of cameras, locks, and sensors sounds secure by definition. The reality is more nuanced: smart devices introduce new attack surfaces alongside the security benefits they advertise. The homes that are genuinely more secure after going smart are the ones that followed a few specific practices. The ones that aren’t are usually…
The marketing pitch for smart doorbells is hard to argue with on the surface: see who’s at your door from anywhere, never miss a delivery, have footage if anything goes wrong. It sounds like a straightforward upgrade. The reality is a bit more complicated — not because the technology doesn’t work, but because the true…
It’s the question almost everyone asks before they consider one, and it’s a fair question to ask: are smart locks safe? The internet’s full of articles claiming the answer is a confident yes — but most of them are written by companies that sell smart locks. That’s worth keeping in mind. The honest answer is…