Security guides

Plain-English advice on alarms, cameras and the rules around them, written by our lead engineer.

What Grade 2 and Grade 3 really mean, why your insurer cares, and what to check before you buy an alarm.

Off-the-shelf alarm kits are cheap and easy to buy. Here is what you gain, and give up, with each option.

Home CCTV is legal, but if your cameras see beyond your own property, data protection rules apply. Here is what that means in practice.

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