August 2,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, recent surveys reveal that 58% of Americans have been burgled, yet only 32% own home security systems.
Ooma Home [https://www.ooma.com/home-security/]— an innovative home security and monitoring platform, and creators of the Ooma Butterfleye security camera [https://www.ooma.com/home-security/butterfleye-security-camera/] — surveyed 1,000 Americans about their home security successes, woes, and desires.
Here’s what their response revealed:
24/7 live-streaming is America’s #1 most-wanted smart security feature at 58%: When asked what smart security features they desire most, 45% of those surveyed said advanced facial recognition features, while another 42% said automatic arming and disarming of the system as family members leave and come home.
25% of Americans have canceled a vacation due to home security concerns: 61% of respondents said they worry most about their residence being burgled whenever they are away rather than when they’re at home, and 38% said they worry about their pets being left alone.
33% of Americans who own home security systems have been burgled: When asked what could have put their house at risk, 55% said human error (e.g., their system doesn’t arm automatically). A smaller 33% say that their security camera didn’t notify them of the intrusion—inhibiting them from responding quickly.
The Ooma Butterfleye security camera provides 24/7 HD live-streaming, allowing owners to check-in on their homes from anywhere in their world from their mobile devices. It boasts numerous smart features, including facial recognition, offline recording during outages, and automatic arming and disarming.
Before going away , you have the post office hold your mail, you stop newspaper delivery , put your lights on timers, doing all the right things.
Then what happened ? Northjersey tosses the unwanted litter (ads) on your driveway, thus advertising to burglars that no one is home.
Or some shitbird solicitor leaves a flyer on your doorknob or door step, thus telling burglars nobody is home.
If your home gets robbed while you are gone, you should sue the shit out of anyone who puts this crap on your property
It’s essential to share favors with a neighbor or friend to look for this. Mail and newspapers may well be delivered despite your best efforts. I have done this for friends and found all the above. It’s important to start checking the day after they leave in case the “hold” order was received too late to go into effect that day.
1. STOP POSTING YOUR VACATION PLANS ON FACEBOOK.
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2. STOP POSTING YOUR VACATION PHOTOS AS YOU TAKE THEM ON INSTAGRAM
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3. STOP YOUR KIDS FROM BRAGGING TO THEIR FRIENDS THAT THEY WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON SNAPCHAT
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4. STOP ASKING ABOIUT THE BEST RESTURANTS TO VISIT FOR THE WEEKS OF xxxxx (when you will be gone) ON REDDIT
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5. STOP RANTING ON TWITTER ABOUT YOUR BEACH HOUSE NEIGHBORS WHEN YOU ARE ON VACATION.
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6. Get Insurance
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7. Lock up your valuables.
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8. Be a good neighbor (so they’ll watch out for your house)
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9. Etc, Etc, Etc,
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In other words .. don’t act like a FOOL or you and your money will soon be parted.
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THIS IS OBVVIOUS ADVICE….. ITS SAD AND PATHETIC THAT PEOPLE TODAY DO NOT KNOW OR FOLLOW IT!
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@5:18pm: I bet you are a lot of fun at parties.
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I go on vacations and my house doesn’t get robbed.
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I also don’t need to validate my life by posting it all over social media.
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I have a question that we are trying to get the answer to but no one is answering to uS , Why is it that and some miss a pallet is the police cars have tinted windows, I thought that was against the law to have tinted windows. Just like driving and texting. Thanks street walker
Yes why is this so taboo. !!?????,we all don’t get it. Please give an answer.