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Key Duplication From Afar Using Just a Photograph
July 7, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
As if our worries about lock bumping weren’t enough, I recently came across an article about computer scientists who are able to duplicate keys by simply analyzing a picture of the key using software they have developed. UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having [...]
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Forced Entry: Answering Your Door with Security in Mind
June 22, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Some people have trouble finding the balance between being polite and staying safe when it comes to answering their door. When the doorbell rings, many people simply open their door without verifying who is on the other side. In this day and age, you don’t have the luxury of trusting that the person on the [...]
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A Privacy Fence Primer
May 10, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
From the privacy gurus over at How To Vanish comes a comprehensive guide for choosing a privacy fence. Protecting your home and property from prying eyes is a fundamental desire for most people. Learn some of the best ways to create a private space for you and your family, away from the gaze of passersby [...]
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How to Formulate an Emergency Evacuation Plan
May 7, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Many people know that they should have an emergency evacuation plan in place, but they have no idea how to go about formulating such a plan. An emergency evacuation plan involves more than just looking at a map and deciding which route out of town you like best. Much thinking and planning must go into [...]
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Security Window Film: Inexpensive Security, Privacy and Safety
May 4, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Security window film is a clear, high-tensile polyester film with a pressure sensitive adhesive coating on one side. After bonding to a pane of glass, the window film improves the structural integrity of the glass, making it more resistant to breaking and shattering. If a window is broken, the security film holds together all the [...]
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Garage Security: 8 Tips for Safeguarding Your Cars and Tools
April 21, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Eric Peters of Eric Peters Autos has compiled a useful list of tips to improve your garage security: Don’t flash what you have Keep the door locked If your garage has doors with windows, consider replacing them with solid doors Install a bright light near your garage Consider an alarm system Make your stuff harder [...]
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Lock Bumping and its Prevention
April 16, 2011 By Aaron 1 Comment
Lock bumping is a lock picking technique for opening a pin tumbler lock using a specially-crafted bump key. Originally, locksmiths used this technique to disassemble a lock quickly. Now, security experts recognize lock bumping as a demonstrable security threat. Lock bumping relies on a fundamental law of nature — conservation of linear momentum — which [...]
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How to Build an Emergency Food Storage on $10 a Week
April 8, 2011 By Cindy L. Smith Leave a Comment
You know that you should be working on building an emergency food storage, but money is tight, so you keep putting it off. There are any number of emergencies where well-stocked food storage would be vitally important to your comfort and even your survival. An emergency food storage is not just for the “big” emergencies, [...]
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Product Review: Kimber PepperBlaster II Self-Defense Pepper Spray
April 2, 2011 By Aaron 3 Comments
Pepper spray is a good alternative for those who are not comfortable carrying a firearm but still want to carry a self-defense weapon. One of the most interesting pepper spray products on the market is the Kimber PepperBlaster II. It has some innovative features that set it apart from other non-lethal spray guns. The gun’s [...]
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Peeling Back the Layers of Home Security
March 31, 2011 By Aaron 2 Comments
Dealing with the security of your home can be an overwhelming and daunting task. To simplify your approach, think of home security in terms of layers, with each layer allowing for its own security measures. Peeling back the layers exposes opportunities where you can control the security of your home. Your City You have the [...]
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GSM Phone Technology and its Role in Home Security
March 17, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Have you ever wondered how a wireless home security system communicates information and data to monitoring centers hundreds of miles away without the use of telephone land lines? I didn’t really expect that you had, but it’s important for current and future security system owners to understand this concept. The technology behind the communication abilities [...]
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Connecticut Trial Highlights the Grim Reality of Home Invasions
March 15, 2011 By Aaron 1 Comment
This news story is a sad reminder of just how horrific home break-ins can be. After choosing a family to target at the grocery store, two men broke into the family’s house in the middle of the night and murdered the wife and two daughters. The husband escaped. Fortunately the two criminals from this case [...]
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A True Home Invasion Story
March 14, 2011 By Aaron 1 Comment
My journey into the world of home security and defense began after a rather traumatic home invasion. My wife and I had purchased our first house in an area that was very convenient for our commutes, but was also located in a bad neighborhood. Our decision to value convenience over security ultimately proved to be unwise. While [...]
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Welcome!
February 23, 2011 By Aaron Leave a Comment
Welcome to Home Security Hacks! This site has been created to provide the general public with an on-line resource focused on home security, self-defense, personal safety and general preparedness. We have a lot of great plans for the future of this site including: articles, tutorials, case studies, reviews, eBooks, newsletters and more. Please feel free to contact [...]
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