Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push
by akira2501 on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:49PM
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> So my point is it's largely security theatre, like airport security.
It's difficult to improve on as well.. good physical security is directly at odds with accessibility and livability.
> It makes you feel better I guess but does nothing.
Worse than that.. as you've noted, it's reconditioned your expectations and it belies the fact that you can never truly secure anything in your home.
If you truly have something valuable, you can either insure it and hope for the best, or store it somewhere other than a space optimized for sleeping, eating and bathing.
If the cost of the security system is less than the discount you get on your insurance policy, then it may be worthwhile purely for that, but it's highly unlikely that the technology will be used to capture the thief let alone recover your property. There is much better and less intrusive technology for that purpose anyways.
Home security seems on the same footing with home anti virus.
It's difficult to improve on as well.. good physical security is directly at odds with accessibility and livability.
> It makes you feel better I guess but does nothing.
Worse than that.. as you've noted, it's reconditioned your expectations and it belies the fact that you can never truly secure anything in your home.
If you truly have something valuable, you can either insure it and hope for the best, or store it somewhere other than a space optimized for sleeping, eating and bathing.
If the cost of the security system is less than the discount you get on your insurance policy, then it may be worthwhile purely for that, but it's highly unlikely that the technology will be used to capture the thief let alone recover your property. There is much better and less intrusive technology for that purpose anyways.
Home security seems on the same footing with home anti virus.