surveillance
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Where to (and Where Not to) Install Home Security Cameras
Home security cameras were once rare comforts for people with considerable means, but these days, many of us can have them. There’s a difference, though, between owning something useful and really utilising something useful — and if you’re not pointing those cameras toward the right spots, you’re not getting the best security bang for your…
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How to Keep People Out of Your Kitchen When Holiday Cooking
As I sit down to expound on this topic, I’m taking deep breaths. Are my lips pursed? Yes. Are my nostrils flared? You betcha. Is my butt clenched? Probably. Even the mere thought of people crowding the kitchen, asking me questions, standing right in front of that drawer at the precise moment I need to…
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Can A VPN Hide What I Do On The Internet From My Employer?
1When it comes to privacy issues, the best advice is the simplest advice: Don’t mix work and play. That means no installing BitTorrent on your work laptop; no browsing for naughty things when connected to your company Wi-Fi (or VPN) and no forwarding company secrets (or inappropriate memes) using your work email. No, no, no.
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Use Ring’s New Control Centre To Block Police Requests
It feels like plenty of people aren’t going to ditch their expensive video-camera doorbells no matter what Ring does — either because they paid good money for one and they’re stubborn, or they don’t want to spend even more time messing with screwdrivers and wires to install something else.