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> . I can tell when people enter or exit my house, and I also have ~10 cameras for security. If I get a notification that someone is around my house while I'm gone, I can call my local police department a lot faster than any alarm company.

What kind of cyberpunk dystopia are you living in that you need this?

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It's fun as hell knowing what's going on in the house at all times and feeling that I'm protecting myself and my family. Whether or not that's true is to be determined.

What about the increased security liability and added attack surface you've exposed for the benefit of the smarter criminal or random online script kiddie just wanting lulz?

I'd seriously be interested in how you addressed that.

What security liability? If you're talking about a random attack, then they would need to somehow piece together my various email addresses and break different passwords. The cameras (Dropcam, Smartcam, Ring) don't keep ports open on my firewall.

If you're talking about a targeted attack, there's likely nothing I can do except sit in my house with a loaded gun.

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