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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Adam Juniper

Adding smart home security cameras only makes your home 14% more secure –but that's not why I get them!

Wyze Cam v4 attached to gold globe near pink flowers.

In the past few years, as the technology has advanced, smart home security cameras have spread like wildfire – which must make everyone's home much more secure, right? As an expert, people ask me what to get for the best security… but I have to tell them that the real answer is, at best, a bit more complicated than that.

I'm not going to argue that having no footage is better than having it. Clearly it is helpful to have footage. Similarly, I'm not going to argue that it's better to have lower quality footage. It's obviously better to have better quality surveillance footage if you've got any.

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