School is back, and with it comes the security window nobody designs for: the hours every weekday when the house is occupied by your kids, without you. Arrival alerts, the answer-through-the-camera house rule, limited app accounts for kids, and the placement rule that keeps teenagers on your side – watch the doors, not the people.
Cameras rarely go blind in the dark – they go blind in contrast. A shaded porch against a sunlit street turns visitors into black cutouts at the exact spot identification matters most. Here is what true WDR actually does, how to spot the software imitation on a spec sheet, and five fixes starting with the free ones.
Burglary peaks in August — and the most common break-in happens on a weekday morning, through the front door, while everyone’s at work. The entry-point data, what convicted burglars say actually deters them, and a 10-minute burglar’s-eye audit of your camera coverage.
