https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/alphabets-nest-secure-system-designed-with-help-of-burglars.html

Alphabet's Nest unit designed its home security system with the help of police and "former burglars" during a years-long development process begun under former CEO Tony Fadell, company executives said.

"We brought in a whole bunch of former burglars," Nest general manager Michele Chambers Turner told a room full of media gathered in San Francisco for the unveiling of Nest Secure.