Outdoor Home Monitoring Cameras Catch Christmas Thieves

This past holiday, thieves stole packages off doorsteps and porches at an astounding rate. Most of the parcels were gifts the homeowners purchased online to give to friends and family. Online gift purchasing is a popular trend, especially for those with work and home responsibilities and little time for mall shopping. The media called the thieves “Grinches,” but that only likened them to a cartoon character that actually had a heart. The real thieves, who completely ruined the holidays for so many hardworking people, had no hearts at all. Individuals lost money they specifically put aside for the holiday, special items they selected for loved ones, and hundreds of dollars.

Homeowners Videotaped Thieves

There was, however, some positive news. Various homeowners had previously installed Wireless Outdoor Home Monitoring Cameras that videotaped the goings on around their homes and where their packages were left. Many had a feature that cued the camera to turn on when it detected motion, so when the thieves stepped onto to porch and/or steps, recording began.

These homeowners caught full, facial shots of the thieves, which they provided to police and also posted online and on social media. The police were then able to make various arrests, including a 65-year old woman who one victim called “the Granny Who Stole Christmas". She may also be involved in other cases.

Wireless Home Monitoring Camera

A Wireless Home Monitoring Camera or Wi-Fi Monitoring Camera is a suitable for outdoors and can be mounted almost anywhere. You can link it to your computer, cell phone, iPad, and/or any device you wish.

Depending on your device and system, you can record and/or receive live footage of areas around your home, business, or wherever you wish. Some offer features such as the above mentioned motion sensor and others have speakers, which allow you to communicate to whoever may be near the camera.

In order to record, you’ll need to purchase a camera with storage ability and/or cloud capacity and/or use a separate DVR system. Most cameras with recording capability come with onboard SD or microSD slots that provide adequate recording space.

Wi-Fi Camera Halts Theft and Helps Catch Suspect

A young man installed a few Home Monitoring Cameras with night vision in his apartment. He linked them to his smartphone, arranged for a live stream feed, activated the voice system, and set up various alerts. Then, he went about his life.

One evening, while he was out with friends, an alert sounded on his smartphone that a window had been opened. He then accessed the live feed and watched in astonishment as a thief wandered around his apartment and piled up his belongings, including his television, computer, stereo, and other valuables. Remembering the voice system, the young man activated it and ordered the thief to leave his home.Startled, the thief ran away.

The young man showed the recorded footage of the incident to police, who used it to arrest the thief.

How wonderful, the young man, who paid a very reasonable price for his Wi-Fi Cameras, didn’t lose any valuables and participated in the capture of the thief.

Wireless Home Monitoring Cameras

Wireless Home Monitoring Cameras or Wi-Fi Monitoring Cameras, as their names suggest, are wireless cameras that can link to your smart phone, computer, iPad, or whatever device you wish. You can aim the camera anywhere and protect anything.

The cameras transmit images via Wi-Fi to a linked device or DVR or cloud network for storage. Some cameras have recording capabilities and use micro cards to save videos. Once the cards are full, you can either record over them or purchase new cards. You can also save videos on your computer.

Cloud Home Security Cameras

When you want to monitor for home intrusions, keep an eye on your baby and children, and watch the dog, all at the same time, Cloud Home Security Camera or Wi-Fi Cloud Cameras are good choices. They use a Web Portal, rather than a smartphone, computer, laptop, etc., for monitoring, yet you can use those devices to check in through the Web Portal.

This way, you do not have to record anything manually or, in other words, on a DVR or through the camera using replaceable cards

Dummying it All Down

The Cloud

Don’t confuse the cloud with the white puffy things in the sky. The cloud, in terms of Wi-Fi Cameras and other things technology, isn’t a physical entity. It’s actually a network of distinct servers. Some servers run applications while others store data.

If you take a photo with your smartphone and save it to the phone, it’s stored on the phone's internal memory drive. If you then upload the photo to Facebook, you upload it to the cloud.

Web Portal

A Web Portal isn’t a Twilight Zone doorway or Star Trek destination. It’s a specifically designed website that functions as an access point for information. The site usually brings in data from different sources in a constant manner.

A Web Portal can also be thought of as a collection of individualized and labeled content. It helps in search navigation, notification, personalization, and data assimilation.

Put it Together

As mentioned earlier, when you use a Cloud Surveillance Camera and upload what you recorded to your device’s cloud, you do so through the device’s Web Portal, which you access through your smartphone, laptop, computer, or any device.

It’s always going to sound a bit confusing, especially because of the techno language. But, hopefully, this clear things up, at least a little.

Six Reasons You Should Install a Wi-Fi Security System

A Wi-Fi security camera audits and records all that is going on. It is connected to a main server through a wireless network, where the homeowner and/or business owner can see and record everything. The owner controls the Wi-Fi camera from inside the home or business or remotely, from a computer or smartphone.The Wi-Fi Camera wirelessly conveys video signals to a wireless receiver that is linked to your recording device.

If you’ve ever considered installing a Wi-Fi, here are six reasons for doing so.

1. Wi-Fi Security Cameras are Wire Free

Other security systems attach to walls and telephones through wires. Intruders can simply cut those wires prior to breaking in. There are no such wires with a Wi-Fi Security Camera and, even with a power shortage and/or downed telephone lines, recording will continue as Wi-Fi Security Cameras run on batteries and utilize cellphone frequencies.

2. Live Video Feed

You can watch live feeds of your Wi-Fi Camera at any time, and not just to check for intruders. You can make sure your children have come home from school or from a party or see who may be approaching your door or delivering a package.

3. Insurance Discount

Insurance companies almost always provide premium discounts whenever a homeowner or business owner makes their property safer. Such bonuses often occur when a property is located near a fire hydrant, in a community that provides security, and when the owner installs a home security system.

4. Unlimited Choice of Placement

Since Wi-Fi Security Cameras don’t require wires, they can be placed anywhere you want, be it inside the home, outside the home, in a bedroom, in the kitchen, in the backyard… Anywhere you want.

5. Renters’ Accessibility

Renters were often unable to use security cameras as installation usually required the drilling of holes. Wi-Fi Security Camerasare wireless and require no such drilling. Any such restrictions should, thus, be non-applicable.

6. Visible Deterrence

The main purpose of Wi-Fi Cameras, of course, is to record goings on and the identities and activities of any intruders. They, also, however, serve as visible reminders to any criminal that your home is protected and that the police would catch them should they even think of trying to do anything harmful to your home.

Wi-Fi Security Cameras are simply a great way to keep your home, business, and family same.

Surveillance Cameras : Benefits of Cloud Storage

What is Cloud Storage?

When a Wi-Fi camera records activity, it has to send the saved video somewhere. It can send it to a viewing and recording device or hard drive. You must be diligent and watchful when you record in this manner and make sure you change filled cards so that you don’t record over previous records, unless that’s your intent, or fill up your hard drive - it may seem strange to think one could actually fill up a hard drive, but such could easily happen if one is recording hours of surveillance. Carefulness is required to ensure that certain recordings aren’t deleted or lost.

Benefits of Cloud Storage

Or, one can arrange to forward Wi-Fi Security Camera recordings to Cloud Storage. When such is arranged, recordings are forwarded to an online storage system. There are three types: 1) Public Cloud Storage (data is kept in global centers; 2) Hybrid Cloud Storage (a mix of public and private services); and, 3) Private Cloud Storage (a firewall protects data).

Recovery

 

The main benefit of Wi-Fi Camera Cloud Storage is disaster recovery. Once a video is in the cloud, it’s always there and always available.

Accessibility

One can access recordings from the cloud Wi-Fi security camera through their computer or smartphone, from any location.

Ease

Making sure home devices are current on home device requires effort and maintenance. With cloud storage, all one has to do is create an account. Recordings are then automatically stored. And, cloud surveillance cameras were intentionally designed to connect directly to cloud storage. One could moveand nothing needs to be done.

Cost

Cloud Storage is also reasonably affordable, especially when it is compared to monthly back up fees, and provides more. As well, there’s no hardware or parts of any kind.

Maintenance

Cloud Services provides support and customer service, as well as troubleshooting and upkeep, which eliminates the need to contact repair technicians and having to wait for their arrival.

Updates

Cloud systems are always being updated. Problems are continually fixed and benefits are constantly revised.

No Worries

There are practically no worries when it comes to utilizing cloud storage for Wi-Fi camera recordings.

Cloud storage simply makes everything so much easier.

Clever Uses for Home Monitoring Cameras

Home Monitoring Cameras

Home Monitoring Cameras can be used inside and/or outside the home and office. They allow one to sit at home or at their desk and check up on what the kids are doing; monitor the babysitter while out on a date, to see who is knocking at the door. All of this can be done discreetly and in real time, through a computer, laptop, or smartphone.

But, did you know you know that home monitoring cameras are helpful in other ways?

Pest Control

Home monitoring cameras are sensitive enough to detect pests such as rats and mice. Home monitoring cameras can even help detect insects. Once the camera captures the behavior on camera, an extermination service can properly dispose of the pest or, at least, keep them away.

Record Sleeping Patterns

A home monitoring camera can also be used to record a person’s sleep. Some individuals suffer with sleep issues and watching a tape of what goes on during the night can help them figure out what they need to do or if they need to seek professional treatment.

Baby Monitors

Baby monitors once used to just let a parent know if their baby was crying. With home monitoring cameras, parents can actually see what their baby is doing in real time.

Create Time Lapses

Lovers of nature can create videos that show nature’s beauty, such as a growing flower or the changing seasons. And, with a home monitoring system, you don’t need expensive technology to create the effect.

Check on Aging Loved Ones

Everyone knows how a home monitoring system can help them keep an eye on their pets and children, but what about their own parents? Today, many people are also caring for their own parents and a home monitoring camera can ease their worries when there are at work or away from the home.

Enjoy Your Kids

Of course a home monitoring system allows one to check on their children, but it also lets an individual who’s at the office or away from home enjoy their children. Imagine having an awful day at work and then getting the chance to use your home monitoring camera to see your child play for a few moments. It would instantly make you happier.

There are so many ways home monitoring cameras can ease your worries, simplify your life, protect what is important to your, and/or just make life more interesting.