Textbook exmaples for my reason why I am not tech-hostile to technology, but allergic and very critical of the totally uncritical attitude many careless people today take on it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/31187...t-def-con.html
http://ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/v...popular-system
Do we really need smart refirgerators, smart light bulbs, smart key locks, and all that stupid smart stuff? I say it does nothing for my well-beeing or comfort. Its just plain stupid in most cases. And it can even lead to the loss of own skill.
Everything you own sooner or later owns you.
And regarding "safe home": most important is not to have cameras, electronic number locks and alarm syswtems, but barriers of high mechanical robustness. By far most home-invading crime is not done by technical subtelty, but by use of robust physical force. Burglars, if they are competent, run a time table, and will leave after some minutes anyway,within a safe limit, because they know how long the police takes to reach a reported alarm location. They will be masked and do not care whether they get filmed or not. Alarm systems and cameras should be the two lowest points on your list of security measurements if you want to secure your home and have no actively patrolling security service guarding your perimeter. Physically robust barriers are the important items on top of your list.