adt home security systems: How to Spend More Money on Home Security - 03/24/10 08:04 PM
Lets face it, if you had it you’d spend it, and what better way than on your families security! In today’s high tech connected world a networked and remotely monitored home security system is the way to go.
Keyless Access: Door locks that require a pincode make it easier to access without fumbling for keys. Many keyless locks are smart and can be set to allow contractors limited one time PIN access.
Remote Control Alarms: For a few extra bucks you can add remote controls to an alarm system that allow you to activate or deactivate from the driveway or … (1 comments)

adt home security systems: Is a Protection Dog Right for You? - 03/18/10 06:18 PM
As mentioned in a previous post I’m a big believer in furry beasts as a layer of protection. My 60lb German shepherd last fall is now a 75lb GSD due to a lazy winter and a busy Daddy who hasn’t taken her out enough.
“Lola” the furriest of all beasts is all bark, love and very territorial. When anyone walks within 100 yards of the property she’s barking. If the door bell rings or someone knocks on the door forget it. All mayhem breaks out. If I or anyone enters through a door and she is even a little surprised … (1 comments)

adt home security systems: Social Media Sticky Situations - 03/14/10 11:41 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Maybe you’re a Mom or a Dad, a Student or a Grad. No matter what you are, you have a reputation to protect. How we are viewed in society matters to most people. Being viewed as someone who is respectable, responsible, someone who has integrity and is generally a decent person is what most people strive for.
To be considered otherwise, would have negative repercussions. People who are viewed as irresponsible, out of control or someone who favors ill will, doesn’t allow that person to progress effectively in a civilized society. Life is harder for … (5 comments)

adt home security systems: Security Increases After Grad Student Attack Off Campus - 03/07/10 04:23 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
I see headlines like this every day. “Security increases” because we wait until something bad happens until we do something about it. How about we increase security right now because there is a small chance something bad can happen? Like the Boy Scouts, “Be Prepared.”
Some time ago a home invasion in Connecticut took the lives of a mother and her two daughters while the Doctor father was tied up in the basement. Bad things happened to the women and the home was eventually set ablaze. This is the single worst home invasion I’ve ever … (0 comments)

adt home security systems: Thieves Stealing Your GPS Can Track You Back Home - 03/04/10 03:24 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

GPS is the single greatest invention since the wheel. Well, it is for me. Admittedly, I’m not a great driver. I don’t pay attention as much as I should. I day dream and I miss exits. I’m safe, but I just don’t like to drive. GPS gets me there.
I’ve messed with all kinds of GPS devices to get me from A to B. I’ve used iPhone Apps, Google Maps and the GPS that came built into me vehicle’s dashboard. My dashboard GPS is frustrating and less than user friendly. So I went … (3 comments)

adt home security systems: Overcoming Civilized Conditioning - 02/28/10 01:03 PM
What would you do if confronted by a bad guy? How would you respond? Freeze up? Run? Fight?
You have been taught all of your life not to hurt another human being and that’s a good thing. From birth we are told to be kind to one another and have manners. This is called ‘civilized conditioning.’ Civilized conditioning is why we don’t walk around smacking each other. This cultural conditioning allows us to get along in a civilized society.
However, you know bad things still happens every day. We are all to well aware there are some people out there who … (0 comments)

adt home security systems: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft During Tax Season - 02/26/10 07:36 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Approximately 155 million tax forms are filed annually. People need to understand that thieves are inventing new ways to steal identities each and every day. And since tax time is a key period when we see a spike in identity theft, it’s crucial that we get the word out now and educate people about the latest scams.
File Early. It seems crazy to think that someone would actually file taxes in your name, but it’s being done. Once they get a hold of a few W2’s or other tax related documents that give them an idea … (3 comments)

adt home security systems: We Love Them Dumb Criminals - 02/21/10 04:52 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Dumb criminals are often just ignorant people who do stupid things for a number of idiotic reasons. But one thing’s for sure, they sure are fun to watch.
This kid in Florida used his index or “pointer” finger to hold up a convenient store. The store manager at first thought it was a joke, which in a sense it was, but the kid was serious, and when the cashier confronted the cocked finger, the dude fled.
A poor unfortunate lost soul whose drug addiction overtook him, didn’t trust his crack dealers and went to the local … (0 comments)

adt home security systems: How to Prevent Home Contractor Fraud - 02/18/10 07:46 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
It’s a scenario played out every day. Harry Homeowner needs a new roof, home security system, or kitchen installed. He does his due diligence searching out reputable contractors who offer fair pricing. He may look in the classified section of the local paper, do a search online, look on Craigslist or make some calls to friends and family who recently had a new roof installed.
And in every single scenario Harry can get burnt. Each resource provides their own set of pros and cons, and every resource is used by scammers.
The biggest issue consumers face … (2 comments)

adt home security systems: Search Engines Link to Malware in Social Media Search - 02/17/10 12:12 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Now that the 3 major search engines Google, Bing and Yahoo index real-time search for Twitter and other social networks, consumers must be aware that not all relevant search is a safe click. Scammers and identity thieves see this as real-time free advertising for their malware.
When news breaks, the social media is now considered a trusted source for cutting edge information. The search engines trust that data and place those keyword search results on page one.
A criminal hacker seeing news break begins to multiply that message and embed malware in the links that lead … (3 comments)

adt home security systems: Online Scam Targets Pet Lovers - 01/31/10 02:50 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
I love my dog, 60lb German Shepherd. Small for a GS, she was the runt. I’ve always rooted for the underdog. The underdog has more heart, more passion and they try harder. My GS is a perfect example. She’s my second in 20 years. After the first one passed, another was in my house 4 months later. With a wife who was 4 months pregnant. That was a fought contest between man and wife that was won when the runt fell on the feet of the wife at the kennel. I had nothing to do with … (0 comments)

adt home security systems: Police Warn of Potential “Alarm” Scam - 01/26/10 12:01 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

Call them con men, grifters, scammers, or thieves. Or simply call them liars. Lying is what they do best. They stare you in the eyes, do it via email or over the phone and lie through their teeth. They do it casually and with such conviction that we have no reason not to believe them.

A Police Department investigated a suspicious activity report after a resident contacted police about an “alarm company” calling and offering a free home security system for people in their neighborhood.
Someone representing “Maximum Security” said the company was giving … (2 comments)

adt home security systems: Convicted Burglar; Police Offer Tips for Keeping Home Secure - 01/24/10 07:33 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
When it comes to breaking into homes, the best experts are the ones who know everything about the process, the burglars themselves.
The burglar in this story, is on probation for a September 2008 burglary conviction, but admits he burglarized 30 or 40 homes to feed a drug addiction.” When I was breaking into houses, the feeling was like you get when you open your presents on Christmas morning and see what you got.”
Imagine if that was your outlook? Think for a moment how warped and anti-social a person must be to process the world … (0 comments)

adt home security systems: Neighbors Tip Leads to Arrest of Burglary Suspect - 01/20/10 11:07 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Where I live there isn’t much that goes on outside of my home that I don’t know about. I live on a dead end, so I have less traffic both on foot and by car than most. It’s still a well traveled area and I pretty much see every car that drives by, every person that walks down the street and most of the activity that goes on at the neighbor’s house too. Now I’m no nosy neighbor, I could care less what the neighbors do, as long as what they do doesn’t negatively impact me.
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adt home security systems: Secure Your Social Media - 01/16/10 07:35 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
In a shocking instance of high tech harassment, a hacker took over a woman’s Facebook account while she was on a camping trip, with no Internet and no cell phone service. The hacker impersonated this woman, but instead of attempting to scam her family and friends out of cash, he used her Facebook profile to post suicidal messages, including, “My only friend is the handgun in the back of my closet,” and, “I don’t want a funeral or memorial, I want it to be like I never existed.” After two and a half hours of Facebook … (1 comments)

adt home security systems: Be Careful about False Alarms At Home - 01/14/10 04:36 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
We are all familiar with the boy who cried wolf. The protagonist of the fable is a bored shepherd boy who entertained himself by calling out “Wolf!” Nearby villagers who came to his rescue found that the alarms were false and that they had wasted their time. When the boy was actually confronted by a wolf, the villagers did not believe his cries for help and the wolf ate the flock (and in some versions the boy).
Many, if not all of us are guilty of setting off our alarms accidentally. Sometimes we open a door … (1 comments)

adt home security systems: Homeowner’s Screams Scare Burglar from Home - 01/13/10 02:43 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
What’s the point of having a home alarm system? An alarm system screams when you can’t or when you aren’t there. Noise has been proven to be an effective deterrent. From birth we are taken by surprise by loud noises. Sirens, screams and big bangs startle us and make us hyper aware of our circumstances.
When someone or something is up to no good a loud notice often scares them away, on purpose, that’s what it’s designed to do. We scream naturally. Screaming is something we do right out of our momma at birth. Screaming brings … (3 comments)

adt home security systems: Don’t Let Strangers Enter Your Home - 01/13/10 01:46 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Sounds simple enough right? But when a decent looking affluent couple can breach the Whitehouse and gain entry to a formal party, protected by the Secret Service, then almost anything is possible.
Posing as a health inspector, police officer or even a secret service agent is probably done every single day with success. I once posed as a “water inspector” and gained access to people’s homes by saying I needed to “check the colorization of their water”, as I demonstrated on The Montel Williams Show here. A fake badge and a uniform of any kind can … (2 comments)

adt home security systems: Reality Show Actor Robs Banks - 01/10/10 06:36 AM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
Here we have a series of bank robberies, an appearance on a nationally televised reality show and the arrest of a man who was running from the law. Apparently, he robbed a bank, then went on the show, then robbed two more banks after the show.
“What an incredibly stupid thing to do, to commit a bank robbery, then go on a national TV show and make a spectacle of yourself and then come home and commit two more bank robberies,” the detective said. “He should be on the ‘Dumbest Criminal’ show.”
Investigators watched the show … (1 comments)

adt home security systems: 11 Robbed of Pants in Home Invasion, Drug Related - 01/07/10 03:10 PM
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
At least three masked men broke into a home, made 11 people inside remove their pants, shot one man and fled with the pants, their contents and televisions.
You’re probably wondering why they would steal someone’s pants? Police said the robbers apparently made the victims remove their pants so they could steal their wallets and other belongings as well as to prevent them from pursuing the robbers when they fled.
The reports states that the crime might have been a drug related one. Criminals often target criminals. “There is no honor among thieves” as they say. … (2 comments)

 
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