The Best Home Security System Is Modular (2026)
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One morning, about seven years ago, I awoke to the sound of my cell phone buzzing on my bedside table. As I sat up and the world slowly began to come into focus, I heard a high-pitched siren—something I had never heard in our year of living in the house—coming from somewhere downstairs. I answered my phone.
“Hello, this is Officer [redacted] from the [my town’s] Police Department. I understand there’s been an emergency?" asked a man’s voice, a car engine revving in the background. "Do you need assistance?” Just then, my kindergarten-age son burst through our bedroom door in a panic.
Apparently, he had woken up early, gone into the garage for some reason lost to time, triggered the alarm, and...
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