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With about $250 worth of equipment and a little coding know-how, security consultants with IOActive claim to have built a device that can capture a SimpliSafe system's PIN, then replay it to disarm ...

When you're heading out the door, just say, 'Alexa, tell SimpliSafe I'm leaving' to set the system to Away mode, which activates both the entry sensors and the motion sensors. I'm PCMag's managing ...

The SImpliSafew system can be armed and disarmed from the entry keypad or by using an app or key fob. Once upon a time, home security was something for rich people. The systems were expensive, plus ...

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