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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedbump, post: 2541901, member: 75637&quot;]Purchase protection based on what you are protecting and the assessed threat. Common burglars are usually in and out within minutes, with or with out an alarm. An alarm system will expedite their exit and prevent anyone wasting time trying to open a safe when their are plenty of other things to grab. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your normal burglars are not going to have the knowledge to &quot;hack&quot; a good home security systems. A hardwired, non-internet dependent system would be difficult to compromise without physical access to the alarm panel and knowledge of the hardware type. They would need to break in, find the panel, and compromise the system within the deactivation period, typically 30 seconds assuming its not set to &quot;instant&quot;. Protecting the alarm system is a physical security issue and can be dealt with if there is a serious enough concern about network security savvy burglars. </p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond that, you would need to compromise the back-end of someone like ADT or AT&amp;T. If this is happening, then there is a much larger conspiracy going on. If there are people this sophisticated after you, there isn&#039;t much you can do. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today&#039;s easy install systems are not as secure as a traditional hardwired system. Wireless adds in yet another point of failure. Connecting to the internet adds another. Perform a threat assessment and buy what you need to match or exceed that thread. If you are concerned about burglars knowing how to defeat wireless security systems, make sure you buy something that negates that threat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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