If you're asked to picture security for a house, the image that might jump to mind is of that pimply faced kid who comes around every few months with promises of free-installation of an alarm system or 6 months of free monitoring. A few years back, the same question would evoke images of basement window bars, and painted steel front doors. If you go back even further, the images would have been of a simple door lock, way back before people even locked their doors. Talk about an evolution.

By Daniel Hanson at SecurityFocus.

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