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Ion Control

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For $10 more you can get the solar version: https://a.co/d/0iRKnJZW

Don't even need to install the solar panel, but handy if you have a spot

Ardin

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Quote from ti97

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Battery powered, checked. Wireless wifi, checked. Easy removal with magnetic base, checked. How can this even be considered a security device? I guess security device definition is fluid.

So if you don't have steel exterior doors why bother with deadbolts kind of reasoning?

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smarty2456

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Quote from ti97

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Battery powered, checked. Wireless wifi, checked. Easy removal with magnetic base, checked. How can this even be considered a security device? I guess security device definition is fluid.

I mean, it's a very vague statement. Arguably it can be a security device since it can be used for security. Is it the best? No, but it is a security device. The little ball point pens with beads at banks and places would advertise as "Anti theft security" and many of those use the same beads that a ceiling fan uses to attach length to the chain. So it's hardly high security.

As a tangent, my personal favorite dumb marketing I saw, was in the toy department when chalk had "Anti-Roll technology" (later just "Anti Roll" on later packaging) that just meant that the chalk was made like a pencil with multiple flat sides to keep it from rolling as easily.

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-MoistTowelette-

Sep 9, 2026 12:50 PM

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-MoistTowelette-Sep 9, 2026 12:50 PM

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Quote from ti97

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Battery powered, checked. Wireless wifi, checked. Easy removal with magnetic base, checked. How can this even be considered a security device? I guess security device definition is fluid.

While I'm not promoting it, if you wanted to, you can remove wired security cameras with screwdrivers, a battery sawzall & wire cutters easily.

Last edited by -MoistTowelette- September 9, 2026 at 06:00 AM.

topshelf207

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Quote from -MoistTowelette-

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While I'm not promoting it, if you wanted to, you can remove wired security cameras with screwdrivers, a battery sawzall & wire cutters easily.

heck i bet you could just rip most of them down off the wall.

-MoistTowelette-

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Quote from topshelf207

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heck i bet you could just rip most of them down off the wall.

You're probably right. Most of the wired cameras just have some small course thread screws and the wire is just a flimsy poe cable. With a good enough tug, that wired camera should come right out. It'll probably tick off the camera owner more that they'll have to re-pull new wire through the walls than the camera.

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