subject: Different, Alternative Methods to Home Security [print this page] Another tip in deterring burglars from targeting your home is to place a home security sticker on your home, even if you lack the funds to actually invest in a security system at the moment. Burglars prefer homes that lack such systemsand there are manybecause breaking into a home with a security system proves to be unnecessarily burdensome when there are plenty of homes around that lack such home security. By placing a sticker on your front door, that burglar might just opt to move onto his next target instead of going through with the burglar at your residence. Even though you lack the system to back up that empty threat of a sticker, that simple bluff just might make that difference.