Dave, you still have far too much (brilliant researching) time on your hands...
Al... being in security and the joys of IP cameras and access systems, I remember visiting one company HQ and playing with their PTZ cameras on three different continents, and having to get the night staff in a control room in California (whilst watching me on the cameras) to let me through various access points...
Some folks have pursued this wifi and IP control nonsense to the n'th degree...
Thinks... the joy of the Highlands and dodgy broadband...
Revenge is best served at whatever temperature you see fit.
Honeywell... my preferred intruder alarm manufacturers...
... with a nice side order of pickles...