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In reply to Post #30
I had a new system with cameras fitted after we'd had some strange goings on in our back garden. I also said to my wife that this was all well and good but all we've done is possibly given ourselves a nice recording of someone nicking our stuff.
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In reply to Post #32
You should have played the victim card and told plod you felt personally violated and are suffering anxiety trauma because you identify as (insert whatever tripe here) and were being targeted on a personal level in a hate crime.
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it doesn't matter nowadays what alarm, camera ,etc you have on your house out buildings..if the scummy toe rags want in they will get in..what about your neighbours,whos to say they don't pass on to anyone and say that you have fishing gear after seeing you countless times loading and unloading your motors.what about any trades who work on or in your property passing on info to anyone..happened to my mum recently, new floors laid and the only person outside the family who would of known her safe was under the stairs would be the floor layer.2 weeks later broken into, safe taken,,and it wasn't a Mickey Mouse safe either, big fck off solid steel one bolted to floor and wall..
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In reply to Post #30
Yup you are right and I think the same.
We had an attempted break in around march this year before I got them but then so did 12 others in the street.
my mrs then **** her self whenever we were going out so it’s worth it for peace of mind.
doesn’t matter what you do if some scummy Herbert wants in they can unless you put bars on everything and live in Fort Knox what ya gonna do.
Funny thing is they left 2 sheds to try to get in through the kitchen window.
Plod came and did finger prints found a couple and a palm print but nothing will happen.
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| | | Karlos | | Posts: 13300 |  | | [ MODERATOR ] | |
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In reply to Post #30
You're right. My Dad always says the best way to secure something is to avoid letting people know you have it.
Everyone's got a Ring/Google doorbell nowadays...it's not really an indicator of wealth. 
I hovered over the purchase button on the "F15H XL" number plate once, but decided that advertising the vans contents wasn't the best idea. I try not to use Angling Clubs windscreen stickers on the glass, I just get them out and lay on the dash if I have to park in a club car park that requires it.
Ideally things need to be secure enough that breaking in makes a lot of noise. Then hopefully you get woken by the noise and you can disturb them.
When I got my first house years ago I got an expensive side door put into the garage. The guy was talking about the sheets of steel in the door etc etc etc whilst he sold/fitted it.
Having completed the fitting I said how I was happy the garage was now safe to which he replied "They'll come in through the roof, if they want it they'll get it" 
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In reply to Post #29
Thing is, 200 quid cameras are null and void when the thief is wearing a 5 quid balaclava. They aren't a big enough detterent anymore.
CCTV just shows you've got something worth nicking, and once it's gone, all the 300 quid will get you is a lovely souvenir video of the day your house or shed got turned over.
People paint a target on themselves. Belled up Transit on the drive with a "carp hunter" sticker which can be unlocked in seconds, ring door bell, CCTV, twinkly lights under the soffits which make their house look nice...
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| | | Karlos | | Posts: 13300 | | | [ MODERATOR ] | |
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In reply to Post #28
Sounds good.
I use Google Nest / Hubs / doorbell / internal / external cameras
Everything under one app and like yours, you get person detection that pushes a notification to your phone immediately (which can be annoying when a spider crawls past the camera on a new web at 5am…I’m always dusting/removing cobwebs)
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In reply to Post #27
I use the Eufy pro's, brilliant bit of kit, 4k with solar panel on top to recharge, back camera has been up 5 months now and just needed charging for 1st time, film in ultra hd and run through an app on my phone.
Built in AI so it recognises people and pets etc, thoroughly recommend them.
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A lot of folk our way use Blink, if you go the subscription route instant notifications too. We've been using 6 of them for wild life and inspite of reservations they've been faultless. I did have to get a wifi extender, went for a 200m range jobby, since then no drop outs. Also went the rechargeable lithiun battery route, much cheaper than Energizers in the long run.
I like being able to keep a eye on the dogs in the house too, just bring a camera in from the garden and stick it in the room with them...their faces are so funny when you talk to them through it, lots of head cocking 
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300£ or so and you can get decent cameras and hard system
Easy to install and they pick up sound as well so if some toe rags comes sniffing and speaks you can see and hear them can also talk to them If you set it on 2 way.
The ones I have I can set up so it emails me a video.
They are simple to set up and get working. If you have decent loft accesss you can do it in an hour or so for 4 cameras and brain.
I put mine just under the soffits so also doubly protected from wind and rain.
I made a dedicated email address to send the emails from so it didn’t clog up my normal email address.
Just use Something like
cameraemail@ whateverserver.com
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| | | Karlos | | Posts: 13300 | | | [ MODERATOR ] | |
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In reply to Post #18
Define hacked.
I don’t recall any hacking incidents, and if anyone were to know about them it would probably be me 
The server died a while back, and I took a month or so to get the site deployed onto the new server.
Other than that, ages ago (8yrs+) there was somebody spamming the site with stupid messages and that took me a while to stop (few hours that evening, not days).
In the context of this thread, where we are talking about personal info (address), as far as I am aware nobody has ever got to that info.
Just for anyone reading this who wonders, when you go to your profile page YOU can see your address. When other users go to your profile page, they can’t see your address.
e.g. go to my profile page (click my profile pic) and you won’t see much
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In reply to Post #19
Having a bad day ?
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In reply to Post #11
All 2nd hand tackle 'could' be stolen . . .however in my experience of both buying and selling my own gear MOST carp anglers are genuine; in over 25yrs I've never had an issue; and meeting up is always the best policy, irrespective of it being in a service station carpark off the M6 or anywhere else for that matter.
Meeting in a public place is safer than exposing your home address to unknowns! I would rather deliver (if local) as this ensures the buyer is genuine . . .
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In reply to Post #1
Just have decent security on your house. Good locks, an alarm system etc. Why would you pay £120 a month to store your gear when you can have a fully monitored alarm system for a quarter of that.
Sold loads and loads of allsorts of things locally, on FB, eBay etc and never had an issue.
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In reply to Post #18
yeah im not keen on the fact that i have to state where i live on a public website but there isnt another like this on the web anymore. And no, FB community groups dont count...
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