Top 5 Tips for Holiday Security – Guide Essential Safety During the Holidays

At LaView, we understand that the Holiday season can be hectic. Between shopping for gifts, receiving guests, and travel for winter vacation, there’s plenty of hustle and bustle. During these times, people can often forget how important it is to take safety precautions. Thieves, burglars and scammers take advantage of the frenetic holiday season and tend to catch people with their guards down. We’re here to help you combat this kind of malicious behavior by helping you prepare your Holiday Security. Along with that, we have practical tips as well as camera-related tips for how you can bolster your home protection.

This time of year supposed to be a time when family comes together and you get to relax and enjoy. We’re trying to help you keep it that way by offering these practical and preventative measures against holiday crime

Check out our list that is designed to help you up your holiday Security game:

Holiday Security: Traveling This Season? Keep It Offline!

Here’s a completely practical tip that is easy to follow: don’t blast your vacation time and location on your social media! If you are a Millenial, this may be a hard pill to swallow, but it’s necessary. We know you love posting the sites and scenery of your vacation. You love to flaunt the food that you try in new and exotic places. You’ll even post these things with a geotag, letting people know EXACTLY where you are at exactly that time.

Big mistake.

If you are posting while on vacation, far from your home, you are potentially confirming to the wrong people that you are away. That means anyone with ill intentions could see your post and know they are in the clear for an easy burglary.

Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “No one that follows me on social media would do something like that!” You might think you are surrounded by only friends on your social networks, but the statistics are unfortunately against you here. Reports suggest that around 65% of violent burglaries were committed by people that knew the homeowners. This confirms that there is huge potential for someone you know to target you for a break-in.

On top of that, have you ever considered how easy it would be for a savvy burglar to look on social media, search popular vacation destinations by location tags and find people in their area who are currently on vacation. This opens the door for people outside your social circle to target you. This may sound far-fetched, but people will stop at nothing to commit these kinds of crimes. And what we are talking about here is surprisingly easy, with shockingly few clicks.

Holiday Security: Suggestions for When You Are Away

We’ll keep this part short and simple; visual security will dramatically improve your safety and peace of mind. Statistics show that over 80% of convicted burglars look for a security system when casing a home. Along with that, 60% of convicted burglars admitted to completely changing their target house if they could see a security system.

Based on these numbers alone, you should consider a security camera system for the exterior of your home. Our suggestion:

Ultra HD 4K PIR Thermal Detection System

Here’s a breakdown of what the system provides you:

• 4K NVR with 8 channels.
• 4 Ultra HD 4K bullet cameras.
• 4 free channels for future expansion.
• Top-of-the-line UHD 4K resolution.
• PIR thermal detection for human + animal motion only.
• 100ft. night vision.
• Instant remote viewing to free mobile app.

As you can see, not only will this system drive away burglars by design, but it will provide you with exceptional recording quality and upgraded detection standards.

Here’s our Ultra HD 4K resolution in action:

Our other suggestion is equipping the interior of your home with a reliable indoor camera. For this, we recommend one of our top-performing (and economical) WiFi cameras:

ONE PT Indoor WiFi Camera

This is an essential for holiday security. If you are away, like we’ve been discussing, then you have a reliable means of watching the interior of your home. If you aren’t away, but are hosting holiday get togethers, you have a great way of keeping an eye on your guests.

First, here’s a quick breakdown of the ONE PT benefits:

• HD 1080P clarity.
• Full pan/tilt controls via free app.
• Automatic pan and tilt movement with motion tracking.
• Easy WiFi connection to existing wireless network.
• Instant streaming to mobile app.

This one is a no-brainer. The ONE PT is an unassuming indoor WiFi camera. It looks like a simple nanny cam, but it provides all the indoor coverage you need. It pans and tilts to capture just the right angle and will follow motion in its path, if you want it to. Uncle Larry feeling judged at the eggnog bowl during your holiday party? Good. He should. He’s had like 8 cups of it. And the ONE PT is keeping an eye on his every move.

Check out the ONE PT for yourself:

Holiday Security: Let Your Neighbors Know!

Here’s another one that we probably shouldn’t have to mention, but people forget this all the time. Tell your neighbors to keep an eye on the place while you’re gone. Yes, our security cameras and systems provide you with an instant view of your home. But if you are away on vacation, that only allows you to call the authorities from afar. This is a great solution, but another, closer line of defense will always help the situation.

If you have trustworthy neighbors, whom you are close with, let them know of your vacation plans. Have them keep an eye on your home and look out for suspicious activity. On top of that, either put your mail on hold at the post office, or tell your neighbors to gather it for you.

One of the telltale signs that someone is away for a long period of time is an overflowing mailbox or newspapers gathered on a driveway.

Holiday Security: Combating Porch Pirates

Most people know the dreadful feeling of having a package stolen from their porch. This is a huge problem for holiday security. People are constantly shopping online, which makes this the perfect poaching season for porch pirates.

Here are a couple easy fixes for the problem. Our first suggestion:

ONE Halo HD 3MP Doorbell Camera

This doorbell camera packs a punch for porch pirates and will help you secure your packages. Along with that, you’ll always know who is at the door, whether you are there or not.

Here’s the fast breakdown:

• Upgraded HD 3MP resolution.
• Color night vision for more crucial details.
• PIR thermal sensor for human and animal movement only.
• Mobile push notifications via free app.
• Instant livesteam and playback to mobile devices.
• Two-way audio for quick communication.

The One Halo upgrades the average video doorbell standards to provide you everything you need! Check out the ONE Halo below:

Don’t be a victim of porch pirates. Look at what can happen to you!

Finally, we have our other solution for premium outdoor coverage. If you don’t have the right setup for a doorbell camera, or you simply want to cover the porch from different angles, we suggest:

ONE Link Wireless Battery Camera System

• HD 1080P clear resolution.
• PIR thermal detection for significant heat-based motion only.
• Rechargeable 5500 mAh batteries with up to 6 month life.
• Smart Station plugs directly into wireless router and instant 1-button synch with cameras.
• Easy magnetic mounting for moveable, perfect angling.

The ONE Link goes anywhere on your property, completely wire-free, to provide the perfect coverage. That means if you want to mount these on your porch, overlooking your door, you can do so for multiple angles. That means porch pirates will be caught red-handed!

Have a closer look at the ONE Link here:

Check back as we update with more important tips for holiday security!

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