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Re:Is your SRE monitoring like a car alarm or smoke alarm? by asdff on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @08:11PM (#35533466)
A thief can disable your blaring car alarm in like 30 seconds. Enough time for anyone listening to go "wow someone must have hit the panic button in their pocket" and move on with their life.
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Re:Is your SRE monitoring like a car alarm or smoke alarm? by cmeacham98 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @08:33PM (#35533611)
Car alarms are not useful for bystanders, they are useful for the owner of the car (who would know their alarm shouldn't be going off).

That said, this makes them near-useless in most public settings.

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Re:Is your SRE monitoring like a car alarm or smoke alarm? by asdff on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @11:16PM (#35534613)
"That couldn't have been mine, someone already shut it off" They will think, as the thief disconnects their battery and loads the car on a flatbed.
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