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Its a lazy Saturday morning and a call comes in. Looked at the phone and the number that is displayed is surely a land line phone number but its not familiar. There is a brief hesitation, its ringing and ringing. There are many news of International phone numbers being used for scams, and this is a local number. Without much further thought, the phone is answered. A short chat and its confirmed the call is from telemarketing business. How did they get my number? A short call to the telco and it looks like I have to pay to enable some sort of process to stop that particular call or I can use the mobile phone's blacklist feature to drop calls from that number. If its registered as a private phone number, nothing much can be done. On most Android mobile phone's its just a matter of selecting that number, long press till the menu is displayed to blacklist the number. Select it and your are done. Is there something more that can be done? Considering crime index places Malaysia...

Update: 14.11.15 Reported 120 killed. France declares state of emergency. Muslim extremist is identified as the attackers. TheStar calls them jihadist. This 13th November 2015, its reported that about 100 have been killed in several sites around Paris. Details are still being established as these sites are identified. Bataclan concert venue, 50 boulevard Voltaire, 11th district - hostages held Le Carillon, 18 rue Alibert, 10th district - gun attack Le Petit Cambodge, 20 rue Alibert, 10th district - gun attack La Belle Equipe, 92 rue de Charonne, 11th district - gun attack Near Stade de France, St Denis, just north of Paris - reported suicide bombing near venue as France v Germany football match played BBC Live update Paris attacks: 140 dead in terror blitz, figures rising - theStar I agree its barbaric and work of the devil's hands. There is just way imaginable that any loving god would condone this gruesome and cowardly act. One post from reddit Done

Should you spend on a home alarm or CCTV? Just had discussions on which of the two to install for my home. Alarm First line of defence is the Steel grill and Wooden door. Second line is the screaming loud alarm from the doors opening. Addition of a central monitoring service, if there is an intruder calls to the owner or security guard is made and hopefully someone can come over to stop the intruder. Cons to an Alarm No evidence of the intruder for the police to work with. CCTV After an intruder have broken in, you have visual evidence. This may help the police to find that person. Addition to a CCTV, the Internet allows the owner continuous remote monitoring, if Internet access is available and time provides. Cons to the CCTV Rely too much on Internet connection. Very dependent on Phone line and electricity. Intruder may steal the CCTV or recording device if exposed. Home stuff is already stolen, will need to top up the CCTV with an insurance. Internet hackers may hack into the camera...