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"If you need strong security, then there must be something valuable to protect." If you take your average thief, they will walk past your house and if looks li

"If you need strong security, then there must be something valuable to protect." If you take your average thief, they will walk past your house and if looks like an wide open door, then he knows there is not much to get and will walk past next to a bit better protected door.

KineticLensman 6y ago
> then he knows there is not much to get and will walk past next to a bit better protected door. In parts of South Africa there has been a continual levelling up of security systems in neighbourhoods where crime can involve fatal assaults in your own home as well as casual burglary. As soon as one resident installs something that seems to add security, the neighbours may rush to install it themselves so that they aren't seen as the softest target. This is in places where many houses have signs saying that they are protected by armed rapid response teams. Source: expat friends of mine who lived for ten years in communities that went from 'normal' houses (locks), protected properties (e.g. sharps on walls), gated communities, high-protection gated communities. [Edit - clarity]
- fakedang 6y ago
  In our home in a Southern Indian state, we have multiple locks, glass shards on the compound walls, a regular police patrol every 2 hours in the night and a watchman for the entire community. We're currently in the process of getting a new security camera system and some of our neighbours have gone as far as to get fingerprint enabled locks. But all that doesn't stop us from falling victim to petty theft, largely by hired help. A former maid was caught stealing cutlery (not even silverware), another one caught stealing a bunch of forex, and yet another stealing a bunch of cosmetics. Calling a repair person means watching over him while he works so as to ensure that he doesn't pilfer parts away - imagine having a few screws stolen here and there from your cupboard, or your bolt lock being stolen. It's funny in a way I guess. Some folks, like one of my wealthier uncles, even hires Gurkhas with khukris and guns to guard their house. But his house is right on the highway, so some caution might be adequate.
m-p-3 6y ago
I have a connected security and fire alarm system, but I got it mostly for the fire alarm system now that I have kids. For it to be a security system is only an added bonus for me.

KineticLensman 6y ago

> then he knows there is not much to get and will walk past next to a bit better protected door. In parts of South Africa there has been a continual levelling up of security systems in neighbourhoods where crime can involve fatal assaults in your own home as well as casual burglary. As soon as one resident installs something that seems to add security, the neighbours may rush to install it themselves so that they aren't seen as the softest target. This is in places where many houses have signs saying that they are protected by armed rapid response teams. Source: expat friends of mine who lived for ten years in communities that went from 'normal' houses (locks), protected properties (e.g. sharps on walls), gated communities, high-protection gated communities. [Edit - clarity]

fakedang 6y ago
In our home in a Southern Indian state, we have multiple locks, glass shards on the compound walls, a regular police patrol every 2 hours in the night and a watchman for the entire community. We're currently in the process of getting a new security camera system and some of our neighbours have gone as far as to get fingerprint enabled locks. But all that doesn't stop us from falling victim to petty theft, largely by hired help. A former maid was caught stealing cutlery (not even silverware), another one caught stealing a bunch of forex, and yet another stealing a bunch of cosmetics. Calling a repair person means watching over him while he works so as to ensure that he doesn't pilfer parts away - imagine having a few screws stolen here and there from your cupboard, or your bolt lock being stolen. It's funny in a way I guess. Some folks, like one of my wealthier uncles, even hires Gurkhas with khukris and guns to guard their house. But his house is right on the highway, so some caution might be adequate.

m-p-3 6y ago

I have a connected security and fire alarm system, but I got it mostly for the fire alarm system now that I have kids. For it to be a security system is only an added bonus for me.