Comments on: Five Minute Proofing & the next Home Security Seminar http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/04/five-minute-proofing-the-next-home-security-seminar.html A blog to help keep you up to date on home & community security issues on Vancouver's Westside as well as the continuing development and growth of Provident Security Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alan http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/04/five-minute-proofing-the-next-home-security-seminar.html/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Alan Thu, 01 May 2008 03:37:08 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/?p=200#comment-380 Excellent as always, Mike! Always love your posts, please keep them going. And thank you so much for sharing like you do to help make the world a little better place. Excellent as always, Mike! Always love your posts, please keep them going. And thank you so much for sharing like you do to help make the world a little better place.

]]> By: mjagger http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/04/five-minute-proofing-the-next-home-security-seminar.html/comment-page-1/#comment-378 mjagger Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/?p=200#comment-378 The rationale behind locking the TV is that when thieves target electronics the first break-in is very often a set-up for the second. If you have a nice 42" LCD screen, the crook knows that you are unlikely to replace it with a 17" CRT style... so he comes back and steals the replacement. By locking the TV (and risking damage to both the TV and wall) you are still sending a clear message to the crook that your house just isn't worth it... too much hassle. It's not pretty, but it can help to prevent future burglaries by the same person. The rationale behind locking the TV is that when thieves target electronics the first break-in is very often a set-up for the second. If you have a nice 42″ LCD screen, the crook knows that you are unlikely to replace it with a 17″ CRT style… so he comes back and steals the replacement.

By locking the TV (and risking damage to both the TV and wall) you are still sending a clear message to the crook that your house just isn’t worth it… too much hassle.

It’s not pretty, but it can help to prevent future burglaries by the same person.

]]> By: Joe Jersey http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/04/five-minute-proofing-the-next-home-security-seminar.html/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Joe Jersey Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:57:26 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/?p=200#comment-377 Isn't a stolen insured TV better than a broken TV hanging from your wall? That's the one piece of advice in there that doesn't seem right to me. I only put cables on electronica that contains hard drives, because I don't want the information in the wrong hands. I'd much rather have my car stolen and never found and getting the insurance settlement than having my car damaged or recovered and I have to deal with repairing it, insured or not. Isn’t a stolen insured TV better than a broken TV hanging from your wall?

That’s the one piece of advice in there that doesn’t seem right to me.

I only put cables on electronica that contains hard drives, because I don’t want the information in the wrong hands.

I’d much rather have my car stolen and never found and getting the insurance settlement than having my car damaged or recovered and I have to deal with repairing it, insured or not.

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