Home Security
What a Smart Garage Door Sensor Actually Prevents
I drove eleven miles back home once, certain I had left the garage door open, only to find it closed exactly as it should have...
Home security and privacy writer
Ada installed physical security systems professionally for six years before switching to writing about the smart version of the same job. She reads a device's privacy policy before she reads its feature list.
Home Security
I drove eleven miles back home once, certain I had left the garage door open, only to find it closed exactly as it should have...
Home Security
A neighbor's basement flooded while they were away for a long weekend, a sump pump failure that would have been caught within...
Home Security
A locksmith friend of mine, someone who has picked more locks professionally than he can count, still runs a traditional...
Buying Guides
I started actually reading privacy policies for smart home devices after discovering, almost by accident, that a security...
Home Security
My phone buzzed with a motion alert eleven times during my first week with a new sensor, and by day three I had stopped looking...
Home Security
A neighbor proudly showed me his new doorbell camera footage after a package theft, and the clip showed nothing but the top of...