Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push
by selykg on Monday August 03, 2020 @09:47AM
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Yea, all the sign does, for someone motivated enough, is tell them how much time they have. "Okay, they have a security system. Break in, grab the tv, grab the other stuff that's visible and worth something, then run"
At the end of the day... it will deter those that aren't interested in dealing with it. And for those that aren't deterred it just gives them the info they need to know it's a smash, grab and run situation.
About five days after we bought our home the ADT salesman came to the door and after seeing that we were on the fence used this as another argument. Like you, I really only wanted it for the fire detection, and the fact that the panel has an emergency button and is located in the back but with clear line of sight to the front door.
We did have one break in during the 8 years we lived there, but the German Shepard was what stopped them, not the alarm sign in the yard.