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Officer Defends Decision to Point Gun at Alarm Salesman

12.22.18 – MyNewsLA.com Pasadena police officer testified Friday that he acted appropriately when he held a security systems salesman at gunpoint while off-duty outside the lawman’s Santa Clarita home in 2015. Testifying on his own behalf in the Los Angeles...

Is It Illegal to Install a ‘Hidden’ Smart Speaker?

12.18.18 – CEPro – Jason Knott Certain state laws prohibit audio recording in covert applications, so can you disguise an Amazon Echo or Google Home? Integrators are likely installing multiple smart speakers on every project,...

Canary Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Monitoring Fee

12.21.18 – CEPro – NEW YORK — When a customer invests money in a product that is supposed to offer a certain set of features for no fee, they expect it to stay that way. Canary is now finding that out the hard way. A group of Canary consumers, led by irate...

The Minut Point home alarm calls 911 for you

12.20.18 – CNET – Your Point alarm can now contact emergency services for you. That’s the news Thursday as security companies Minut and Noonlight join forces. Minut launched the Point security device on crowdfunding site Kickstartercalling it “the...

Resideo to establish new HQ in Austin, Texas

12.12.18 – SIW – Facility to feature a software development and customer experience center Resideo, which officially completed its spin-off from Honeywell in late October, announced on Wednesday that it will be opening a new headquarters and software...