The doorbell rings. Even if you’re not home, you can see who is at the door. Your phone buzzes with a motion alert as a delivery driver drops a package on the porch. Later, you check the backyard feed to see if the dog has been let out.

Why? Because the perceived threat of a physical break-in feels more immediate than the abstract threat of a data breach.

Turn off facial recognition features. Stick to basic motion detection and person detection (which distinguishes a human from a cat). You do not need a database of faces in your home router.