Re: "a long overgrown pathway to your house, and you're coming home late"
There's already a solution to that, it's called a movement detector. Place it near your light looking down and the overgrowth will not keep it from detecting you and turning on the light.
Why people absolutely have to go with the least secure bit of shiny instead of using proven tech that is safe is beyond me.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
