Awesome Security

We love traveling to exotic destinations. But where travelers go, criminals follow. This nylon wallet from Zero Grid protects your belongings from pickpockets by keeping them around your neck and under your shirt. Measuring  5.7″ W x 7.5 H”, it’s less bulky than other neck wallets while providing storage for passports, cash, credit cards, and papers.

Even with the latch engaged, hotel doors aren’t as secure as you might think, and you never know what you’ll get at an AirBNB. Stinger’s pocket-sized Starship travel lock provides added security by wedging between a door lock and its strike plate. It’s easy to install and has a built-in glass breaker and seatbelt cutter tools for emergencies.

With the front-facing Nextbase 622GW, the world’s leading dash cam maker delivers the best ride-along ally for 24/7 on-the-road protection. High-def 4K recording captures crystal clear images, and it doesn’t miss a detail thanks to advanced image stabilization to eliminate playback shakes and blurs.

The Safego is a portable mini-safe that lets you store your phone, wallet, and other valuables inside a locked chamber. It secures onto rails, benches, or other fixtures so you can keep it nearby. Its lockbox can be opened using a combination or key. Save 22% in The Awesomer Shop.

Matador’s unique BetaLock carabiner clip has a built-in theft-deterrent lock. Its deadbolt mechanism attaches helmets to bicycles, sandals to backpacks, and secures other items you can’t afford to lose. The BetaLock is made from aircraft-grade aluminum, comes in seven colors, and has an optional accessory cable for securing items it won’t fit through.

Sometimes, the best place to hide valuables isn’t under lock and key, but someplace thieves would never think to look. Crafty Panda shows off a neat idea for a pull-out safe that hides beneath a floor tile. It requires cutting a big hole in your floor, but once it’s installed, you’d never know it was there.

Whether you’re into extreme outdoor adventures or are just plain clumsy, never worry about dropping your phone again. The Nite Ize Hitch Plus places a mount point between your phone’s back and case, then tethers it to a carabiner with a 24″ coiled line that you can attach to a belt loop, bag, or wrist.

Maker The Q has a thing for modifying bicycles. For this unusual bike mod, he took an ordinary 2-wheeler and chopped its frame into a series of links with cables that hold them together. The idea is that its segments can be loosened and wrapped around a pole like a cable lock, then tightened to form a stiff frame for riding.

This home security camera keeps watch over your dogs when you’re away. Not only does it provide crystal-clear HD video and audio of your pup, but it also has a rotating treat-tossing mechanism you can activate remotely. Its audio sensors can alert you when your dog barks, and you can speak back via your phone to provide commands.

Ready to advance your computer networking and security skills? This series of 14 eBooks from ExamsDigest includes exam objectives and practice questions for CompTIA, AWS, Cisco, Microsoft, and Google certifications. Save more than 80% on this deal in The Awesomer Shop.

Comedian Alex Falcone says he has nothing to hide, but that doesn’t stop him from coming up with hiding places for things that don’t really need to be hidden, like his Flonase, Benadryl, and other stuff that nobody would want to steal.

Sometimes, the best kind of lock is the kind that doesn’t look like a lock at all. B-Star Crafts shows off a simple, but effective method that keeps doors or drawers locked using hidden neodymium magnets. It’s a trick that’s frequently found in puzzle boxes but can be easily applied to furniture and cabinets as well.

This anti-theft lock attaches to your bicycle, moped, or motorcycle’s disc brake as an added layer of security beyond cable or U-locks. It’s compact enough to toss in your bike bag and can be locked and unlocked using your fingerprint or a key. It’s IPX7 waterproof and designed for durability. Fits brakes up to 6mm thick.

The Enigma Machine was a cipher device used by Germany during WWII to encrypt and decrypt top-secret communications. Animator and educator Jared Owen provides a detailed look at its ingenious design and how it scrambled and unscrambled letters. Given its complexity, we’re amazed that it was cracked.

This bundle of services helps improve your security and privacy online. You’ll get lifetime access to Sticky Password Premium for managing your passwords securely, along with VPN Unlimited for anonymous online access along with data encryption and US servers for accessing streaming services abroad.

Losing your bike to thieves is the worst, and the chances of recovering a stolen bike are slim. Give yourself a fighting chance to get your bike back and catch a crook with Woo Cycle’s AirTag mount. It hides discretely on the frame of your bike and provides a weatherproof home for your Apple AirTag so you can track your bike’s location.

This compact safe protects personal items like cash, credit cards, and jewelry wherever you go. It’s made from a durable aluminum alloy and can only be opened using a biometric scan from your smartphone. Its interior holds items up to 1″ thick and has a strap in its top lid for carrying watches or rings.

This easy-to-use home security system detects motion. Each of its pucks connects wirelessly to a base station, notifying your smartphone of movement, and setting off an ear-piercing siren when you’re not home. Its AI tech is smart enough to filter out things like pets and robot vacuum cleaners. Save 15% in The Awesomer Shop.

While Mark Rober has shown us some amusing ways to annoy porch pirates, they don’t prevent them from stealing packages in the first place. Jason at Impossible Science came up with a clever way to fool them into thinking there’s no package there at all – using angled mirrors to cloak deliveries from being seen from the street.

This compact device plugs into your car’s OBD-II, providing real-time updates on impacts, break-ins, battery drainage, and more. It has a built-in cellular connection and GPS tracking to let you know where your car is in seconds in the event of a theft. Save $60 with code AUTO339 in The Awesomer Shop.

Keep your home safe from intruders and never worry about losing your keys with this high-tech deadbolt lock. It has an integrated biometric scanner so you can open it with just your fingerprint, while also supporting password and remote unlocking using the optional app. Save 42% in The Awesomer Shop.

Fans of the LockPickingLawyer know that he’s a master at breaking into supposedly secure locking mechanisms. He also has a little catchphrase, which Kyle Anderson compiled into this brief, but satisfying matrix of some of Lawyer’s successful break-ins.

If you ever thought that blurring out text would protect sensitive information, you might be in trouble. This video from censiCLICK shows how readily-available technology can recover text that has been blurred using a mosaic filter. The moral of the story? Completely remove or block out anything you don’t want to be recovered.