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How Burglars Case a Luxury Home
The break-in is the last four minutes of a weeks-long operation. The organized crews hitting wealthy homes in 2026 do reconnaissance first: internet research, hidden cameras in the flower bed to learn your schedule, Wi-Fi jammers for the night of. An electronic-warfare officer on why the burglary is really an intelligence cycle, and where you actually beat it.
Read the report → Report 024 · Luxury Home Security · 2026-07-13 · 6 minWhy More Gear Won't Protect Your Estate
The instinct when you have a lot to lose is to add: more cameras, more sensors, a perimeter drone. A 2026 survey of 100+ estate managers found the opposite works. Fragmented setups had a 62% loss rate, integrated ones 25%, and the billion-dollar households were the least safe of all. An EW officer who designs security AI on why governance beats gadgets.
Read the report → Report 018 · Luxury Home Security · 2026-07-10 · 6 minWill Anyone Come When Your Alarm Trips?
Up to 98% of burglar alarms are false, so police now triage unverified ones to the bottom of the queue, and a growing list of cities won't roll on them at all. An EW officer who designs security AI on why your system's real job is verification, not detection.
Read the report → Report 010 · Luxury Home Security · 2026-07-06 · 5 minDoes Your Camera Really Recognize Faces?
Premium cameras sell face recognition that "knows family from strangers," some quoting 99% accuracy. NIST's independent testing shows accuracy swings by which algorithm is inside, and the errors skew by demographic. Why it's a fine sentry and a terrible gatekeeper.
Read the report → Report 005 · Luxury Home Security · 2026-07-05 · 6 minWhy a $60 Jammer Beats Your Cameras
Burglars are knocking wireless cameras off the air before they break in, and the coverage keeps calling it "a Wi-Fi jammer." An electronic-warfare officer on the two different attacks hiding behind that word, and what actually keeps recording.
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