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Yep. For me as well it was quite reassuring to be able to piece together exactly what happened. So rather than just being woken up by the noise of someone try
by mattlondon 3y ago
Yep.
For me as well it was quite reassuring to be able to piece together exactly what happened.
So rather than just being woken up by the noise of someone trying to batter the door down, I was able to go back and piece together 3 or 4 minutes of what happened - the cameras caught their car arriving, caught them going down a side road, caught them climbing over a fence at the back of my house, caught them trying to climb up onto the roof, caught them creeping around in the garden looking through windows, caught them trying to kick the door in, and then caught them running off and driving away.
I had enough that I was even able to write a post mortem with timestamps etc. This helped us make some security improvements, but for me personally it helped me process the whole situation - it was less traumatic for me to feel like I at least had "complete" info and was in control and generally feel less victimised and helpless.
- creer 3y agoThat's a very good point yes. Understanding and satisfaction that the defenses worked (and how they worked). Closure basically. Far better than the alternative (of a big mess in the house and not knowing how things failed - not being any better prepared after than before.)