Transitioning of devices from their primary function to providing security system functionality

A device, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the device to:
• monitor, based on one or more security detection settings, a plurality of environment signals received from one or more of the device or another device, wherein the device and the other device comprise personal computing devices located within a physical area, wherein the device is configured to perform said monitoring while conducting non-security operations at the physical area;
• determine that one or more of first environment signals from a first environment sensor of the device or second environment signals from a second environment sensor of the other device are indicative of a potential security breach within the physical area;
• in response to determining that the one or more first or second environment signals are indicative of the potential security breach, perform an analysis of the first environment signals and the second environment signals by executing security instructions, wherein performing the analysis comprises transitioning the one or more of the device or the other device to monitoring the physical area for additional environment signals indicative of the potential security breach;
• determine, based at least on the analysis, an occurrence of an actual security breach within the physical area;
• compare the occurrence to a detection signature indicating that the one or more first or second environment signals are to be ignored;
• return to monitoring for the additional environment signals based on comparing the occurrence to the detection signature;
• and
• revert to conducting non-security operations at a time after returning to monitoring for the additional environment signals.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable to cause performance of operations comprising:

• monitoring a plurality of environment signals by one or more of a first user device or a second user device, wherein the one or more of the first user device or the second user device comprise personal computing devices within a physical area in proximity of the one or more of the first user device or the second user device, wherein the first user device and the second user device are configured to perform said monitoring while conducting non-security operations at the physical area;
• determining, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device, that one or more first environment signals from a first environment sensor of the first user device or second environment signals from a second environment sensor of the second user device are indicative of a potential security breach within the physical area;
• in response to determining that the one or more of the first or second environment signals are indicative of the potential security breach, analyzing, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device, the one or more of the first environment signals or the second environment signals by executing security instructions, wherein executing the security instructions comprises transitioning the one or more of the first user device or the second user device to monitoring the physical area for additional environment signals indicative of the potential security breach;
• determining, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device based at least on the analyzing, an occurrence of an actual security breach in the physical area;
• comparing, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device, the occurrence to a detection signature indicating that the one or more of the first or second environment signals are to be ignored;
• returning, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device based on the comparing, to monitoring for the additional environment signals;
• and
• reverting, by the one or more of the first user device or the second user device, the one or more of the first user device or the second user device to conducting the non-security operations at a time after the occurrence of the actual security breach.