Anyone else getting an immediate "network error" message when trying to login to the Amcrest app, or do anything really?

Guard dog? Camera system?

I am tech capable, but not savvy. I’ve been advised by my attorney to add security to my home post-divorce and don’t know where to start. I have a decent budget but want to avoid big monthly fees or annoying barriers to entry to access my own footage or manage the system to my liking. TIA for any advice on good companies and best practices.

I’ve had the 45. Caliber long air rifle for a while now, it produces 435+ft/lbs, however it’s kinda bulky, so I added the 25. Caliber pistol which produces 84ft/lbs. Would you guys think this setup would be reliable for home defense? I’m from a european country where firearms and bear/pepperspray are illegal. I don’t think I need to explain the baseball bat though..

Besides that we have a 360 view around the property using both wired and wireless camera’s.

Any advice or tips on how to prepare for threats? Thanks in advance!

New home purchase, think L shaped house. I want to secure the hallway with the bedrooms, which is an open hallway with the rest of the house (meaning no door at all, just an opening from the livingroom to the hallway). Thinking about ideas to secure the hallway at night from the rest of the house.

Basically, if someone breaks in the main part of the house, I don't care as long as they can't get to my family. During the day, it is a very busy area so it would remain open at all times, I would just secure it at night before going to bed.

Thought a sliding barn door would look good aesthetically, but how could I secure it and lock it at night? Open to other options as well (maybe a folding gate or something)? I don't want it to be too ugly when not in use, but at night I don't care how it looks. Thoughts?

I've seen the guns and now a simple pressure sensitive lock picking gizmo on TikTok.

With all these easy to acquire lock picking tools how can we protect our homes?

I thought maybe one of those deadbolts that work off WiFi but then if the battery goes out, it still has the traditional lock access.

About a year ago someone burned down my parent’s place at around 3 in the morning. To this day no one has been held accountable but the fire department knows it was arson due to the presence of fire accelerants. The house has finally been rebuilt and my parents are living in it. My Mom(58) is uber liberal and vehemently anti-gun/weapon. She believes that a simple RING doorbell is more than enough of a deterrent for a potential burglar/arsonist. I love my parents but they’re just too stubborn to realize why having a gun in the house is a good idea and think I’m just overreacting because I was in the Army. They’ll say stuff like “this isn’t the military we don’t need weapons of war in this house”. Do any of y’all have any alternatives for home defense or explanations I could give them as to why guns in the house would be a net positive/how ineffective a RING doorbell is as a deterrent? Or ways I could explain to her that the police shouldn’t be the go-to solution for a home intruder?

TLDR: My parent’s house gets burned down by arsonist, gets rebuilt, parents move back in with no real form of protection and refuse to get any.

I manage this property and I don't know why the builder built it this way. Luckily the hinges can't be tampered with, but it needs more security. Looking for a hasp type of object, client doesn't want to add a deadbolt.

I have been doing a lot of research about self-monitoring alarm systems. I continue seeing the 20P as the most often recommended, but most of the posts are a few years old. I am wondering if there is something better available now.

• I have a hardwired system already with window sensors, siren, etc (Moose Z1100)
• I want to self-monitor. I am not interested in paying a monthly fee.

Looking for information about what load would be best for home defense in a 12ga shotgun. The closest neighbor is +/- 50 yards away so was also wanting to know what load would not penetrate out of our house into his or at least not enough to cause harm (shot #1 buck at the range at 100 yards just playing around and it still breezed thru 1/2 inch pine board using to hold target) so slightly concerned with over penetration. Current setup is first round loaded with #9 bird since more likely to have a pest in yard than intruder followed by #1 buck for rest of tube with 3 00 buck and 2 slugs on side saddle. Just looking for ideas all comments welcomed. Thank you all

I am living in an apartment in a sketch area at 19 years old in the state of Florida and from what I understand I am too young to buy a firearm in my state.

I have read a lot of the sub reddit and there's a lot of people recommending a home security system of some kind and I will be buying some cameras, motion lights, etc.

However, if things get confrontational I would like to have some kind of ranged weapon since I cannot own a firearm and home invaders are more than likely armed. Does anyone have any recommendations or know anything about my states laws that I'm mistaken on? Thank you.

I have changed locks but never installed one. I would like to add a deadbolt to a front door that has metal skin. I've read some mixed things about the plastic install kits from Milwaukee. Dewalt and other similar brands.

Some say they are OK for one or two installs, and then the kit wore out. Others say not to use them as they can shift during use and make the install inaccurate. I want it to be functional but doesn't have to be perfect holes. As long as it lines up correctly and the locks works it's good enough.

I don't have enough need to spend hundreds on a high-end metal kit. Someone on an old post said they got a classic metal one on Ebay. They said it was from 1920 but looked like it could early go another 100 years.

Would this work on my situation?

Ebay

So for context I'm located in a country where fire arms are not an option. Yesterday night I woke up by the burglar alarm, somebody entered my garage.

He got spooked when he saw the camera in the garage and left.

But it made me wonder what to do in a situation like that, if the burglar takes his time anyways. Just wait and call the police? It feels kinda stupid and not worth to confront the thief, risking a bunch of things.

I'm thinking of getting a strong flashlight I can use from inside the house and out, making my presence known.

What do you think?

I deleted my last post, but I thought some context might help.

Neighbour apt upstairs was broken into the night prior by a day to my post, right after they left, and their lock was picked. Her apt was ransacked in like 5 min before she came back up the stairs from her car.

I checked the wifi login like a commenter said to do, just to make sure in case I am in fact in need of therapy. Lmao. There was an android phone connected a day ago, looked a little harder and found it.

TLDR; found android phone under couch, apt was probably broken into just like my Neighbour’s unless one of my friends forgot their phone and I am in fact, not in need of therapy.

Honestly not surprised Reddit is so toxic, was just looking for a way to find a phone in my apt that wasn’t mine, not batten down the hatches and put tin foil over my windows.

Not everyone on this sub is schizo or overreacting, and I think I’m going to let this part of the internet be for a while, touch grass people.

Saw this on my way to work today, looks like a dent in the window screen - does this look like a sign of attempted entry? Or maybe it’s just a dent. This screen never gets moved by me so I don’t know how else this could have happened. Thanks in advance

My son lives in a rented condo on the first floor in Jersey City. We have heard weird noises multiple times at night or early morning. It doesn’t sound like an animal; the scratching noise on the floor above is very prominent. Now, a lot of debris is falling from the ceiling.

He lives there with his girlfriend. He recently came down with a throat infection after a stomach upset, but she is fine.

What are the chances that someone might be sabotaging the HVAC unit or putting something dangerous on the ceiling? We conducted an air quality test, and the results came back normal. The landlord has been of no help. Should we consider contacting the police for assistance?

I heard noises and woke my fiancé up to go look, someone was trying to break into our garage and door at the side of our house. How could they have caused this damage to our garage door?

https://www.lockdowninternational.com/product-page/barricade-box

Hi all Looking for advice on cameras and video doorbells I live in a housing association flat and have put a video doorbell on my front door I am opposite 1 neighbour who I got verbal permission from Is this allowed? I also park my car in a public car park at the front of my flat and want to put up a camera because quite a few thefts in the area I would have it so only activates when someone goes near my car but it may inadvertently catch members of public Is there anything I need to do in regards to this and is it allowed legally?

Thank you for the help and advice

Late tonight we had a mystery alarm go off for 15-20 seconds. I was in my bedroom, and by the time I got out to where the alarm seemed to originate, it stopped. My husband and I can't for the life of us figure out what it was. It was really loud, sort of a braying sound, and I think it came in blasts of four. My first thought was my CO2 monitor, but when I pressed it it gave off a loud chirp. So it wasn't that one, and I don't know how that little monitor could produce such a big sound.

Fwiw, we have smoke alarms and a CO2 monitor. Our house has natural gas heating and solar panels. We also have Alexa devices and a Bose soundbar that's connected to Alexa. Any ideas?

Hello is it worth it to buy a low level co monitor like the Forensics Detector Fast Low level monitor? Ive read avg household co without gas stoves range from .5-5ppm and even 9-10ppm are acceptable/possible depending on duration. I feel like something like this would cause an alarm more often than needed but I want to be safe. They cost significantly more than the regular ones.

Also, is it worth it to get the combination CO/gas monitor like the one from kidde or first alert or just get the standard co alarm. Any advice is appreciated.

I need something that will add some additional door security when I'm traveling with my family. Must be small and portable. I've seen a few "door jammers" on amazon but I wanted to see what you guys think.

Does anybody know what kind of camera this is?

One of my cameras is in my enclosed front porch. Obviously the IR lights on the camera make it where you can't see out through the windows at night. I considered getting an outdoor IR light and turning off the built in IR light in the camera.

If I have a good outdoor IR light and turn down the intensity of the built in, will that allow me to see both on the porch and outside? Or would it be impossible to balance the 2 lights? I can also rearrange cameras so it's outside (I'm planning on getting a doorbell camera anyway at some point) but wiring is a lot more challenging for that because of how my house is built.

Just trying to plan things out a bit...