APPLE HOME

Is it me? Have I missed something? Normally, I would be crawling on the back of all this new security tech, but there seems to be a fundamental problem with the new home security market.

Can I just state for the record I am no burglar, but if you have cable internet coming into your home (and in many cases satellite) the cable entry to the house comes up from the ground, or a wire down from the dish. Once this line is severed there is surely no Wi-Fi in the house and no broadband connection to send any pictures or information from cameras, sensors or any other information from smart security kit? Therefore, surely all a burglar has to do is to wear a baseball cap and glasses (in case the surveillance extends to outside the property) and cut the broadband connection thereby rendering any wireless sensors, etc, useless or at least unable to contact you or upload pictures.

Does any central control unit ‘realise’ there is no internet connection or Wi-Fi and trigger an alarm at least?

If not, then why should we invest in anything other than a simple burglar alarm?