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it is really easy to feel stress when you're shopping for a home security system that's because it's a huge category that covers everything from professional firms like ADT to DIY style products like cameras sensors and lofts fortunately we're here to help you're probably already familiar with the traditional home security model it's the ABT's and vivint's of the world basically brands that offer a ton of services and products like sensors cameras sirens and even professional monitoring DIY kits like simply safe are actually really similar to ADT they have sensors and sirens they offer professional monitoring and have a monthly fee but it's on a month-to-month basis so you aren't locked into a contract in the same way cameras are another major DIY home security category and there are a ton of different varieties they offer live streaming motion and sound related alerts night-vision cloud storage local storage and a whole lot more there are some that are even available for free like presents many thing and salient I these are free apps that convert spare Android and iOS devices into security cameras for free locks are another growing smart home security category we've reviewed a bunch of Bluetooth enabled models including the August smart lock here Polly controls Danah log and the quick set key bow the August smart lock and the Danah lock actually installed over an existing deadbolt whereas the quick set kevo has its own smart key deadbolt a deadbolt that had a major security vulnerability that our technical editor Steve Conaway hacked in seconds flat this covers a lot of what's available on the market today but a lot is changing to third-party integrations integrations with your car wearables and a whole lot more are emerging on the scene and it isn't just DIY companies that are getting in on the action professional security firms are actually partnering with a bunch of these startups so that they can be more appealing to people interested in DIY products making home security a really interesting category to keep an eye on thanks for watching I'm Megan Willerton Pristina