Amber Collins

About

Amber is the reason ShieldScore tests smart home integration — she bought a Ring doorbell in 2019, watched it break her entire Alexa automation setup, and spent the next three months reverse-engineering why security devices and smart home ecosystems hate each other. She now tests every security camera, doorbell, and sensor for compatibility with Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit, and Home Assistant, because a $200 camera that requires its own app and refuses to talk to your existing setup isn't a smart device, it's a dumb one with WiFi. Her privacy reviews include actually reading the data storage terms, testing what footage gets uploaded where, and checking whether 'local storage only' means what the company thinks it means. She holds CompTIA Security+ certification and has a particular talent for explaining complex security concepts to people whose eyes glaze over at the word 'encryption.'

4 years of experience in home security.