Spend your cash on real locks, advises Cranfield University
Gareth Corfield Mon 15 Mar 2021 // 20:07 UTC Share
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Installing a smart doorbell on your abode could actually increase your home s attractiveness to burglars, researchers from Britain s Cranfield University have said.
The defence n security-focused institution s findings fly in the face of heavy marketing from companies such as Amazon s Ring, whose video-enabled doorbell product has been touted around the world as a security-enhancing gadget. It s an affluence clue.
Worse, for vendors, Cranfield University s Dr Duncan Hodges reckoned the presence of a smart doorbell was unlikely to have any significant effect on residential burglary rates. Instead, he said in a summary of a research paper published on the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats website, smart doorbells and smart locks could actually make things worse.
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