Peephole one-way technology is not foolproof.Ħ. If you are in hotel room whose door has a peephole without a cover, place a crumpled tissue in the peephole so that nobody can see in. Even other residents of your home may pose a risk in this regard.ĥ.
You do not know the curiosities or addictions of everyone who visits your home leaving such drugs in locations from which they can be stolen can lead to serious problems. Lock up any prescription medications in your possession that are likely to be desired by drug addicts do not store such drugs in medicine cabinets that are accessible by visitors.
(For full disclosure: My new firm, SecureMySocial, will be releasing technology soon that automates warnings to people if they share information online that puts them at risk.)Ĥ. Posting information about your children’s schedules in a manner that is world-readable may also increase the chances that they will be targeted by people with bad intentions. Specifically, do not publicly post check-ins to distant locales or respond to invitations to future events that involve all residents of your home – you may be letting the entire world know that your home will be empty and a prime target for robbery, or that you will arrive home late at night and, therefore, will be a good target for attack. Be careful what information you share on social media. (Ideally, one should always lock a glove compartment, but doing so can be a pain.) Also, make sure that you have remote wipe capabilities set up for your smartphone – which likely has your home address along with other more sensitive information on it – so that if it is stolen you can erase its contents.ģ. Of course, your address may appear on paperwork in the car as well – but those are less likely than electronics to get swiped during a quick break-in. If someone breaks into your car while you are away from home, you don’t want him or her robbing your home or calling friends in your area to do so. Set the home address on your GPS to an address (or fake address) near your home, but not to your actual home address. If like millions of Americans, your key-fob contains a panic alert button, and your car is in range of your bedroom, pressing the panic button will cause the horn to blast and the headlights to flash - potentially saving lives during a home invasion by scaring criminals away, alerting neighbors to the fact that an emergency situation is unfolding, and helping police to more quickly find your home.Ģ. Not all of them apply to everyone or in every situation, but, in some cases, they could save your life or the life of someone else whom you love:ġ. I decided to share the following tips, because, while there is plenty of safety advice on the Internet, these ten suggestions seem to be not well known, even though they may be highly beneficial with little tradeoff when applied correctly.
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