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I've got a minute you might be on vacation but that doesn't mean your valuables at home should be traveling to say Lee and I turns a spare android iphone or ipad into a motion detection camera put it in the room you want to monitor and plug into power so the battery lasts while you're away if it detects motion you'll get an alert on your main phone and photos of the incident for a more robust solution that the $200 nest cam outdoor is weatherproof and records high-definition video it comes with three hours of free cloud storage but be aware that you won't get an alert every time inactivity is detected control lights and other appliances remotely from your phone with a smart plug like the $35 Belkin Wemo mini finally avoid posting about your travel on social media until you're back home thieves can target updates that tag locations especially if your profile is public in San Francisco I'm Lexie CBDs cnet.com for CBS News