At CNET, we've been installing security cams for years. I've rounded up the best places we've learned to put them.

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Install cameras 8 to 10 feet from the ground. This height is low enough to capture fine details but high enough to be out of easy reach of thieves and vandals. Don't point cameras directly at the sun.