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Why Surveillance Systems Age Poorly

Why Surveillance Systems Age Poorly Most surveillance systems do not fail all at once. They age into failure. At install, everything looks clean. The camera count is controlled. Storage is fresh. Network traffic is predictable. Then over ti

By James Everett Apr 19, 2026

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