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Google, like Amazon, may let police see your video without a warrant
- politelemon 4y agoLooking at the response from Nest, I understand their intention. You can easily see how this can be twisted around if there is an emergency situation with great public opinion and observation around it, and it emerges that G/A are labeled as 'obstructive'. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to the lens that they are being observed under. At the same time the problem with the phrase 'emergency situations' is that it is open to subjective interpretation. It's a slippery slope for good reason. Side note: I am not yet desensitized to it, that they list 'school shooting' like a regularly occurring emergency.
- powerhour 4y agoAll they have to do is send a push notification and the timestamps they're after. Then I can review the content and choose to approve the request. Incredibly basic, easy stuff. I'm sure a lot of people would be cool with it.
- jwie 4y agoThis is why I have a local recording setup. I’d prefer to have my recordings stored remotely since if they’re locally stored they could also be locally destroyed. But it’s clear that the smart camera cloud recording solutions consider these recordings theirs and not yours. There might be a product out there for smart cameras that actually take video ownership seriously, but I expect the pressures to allow LEOs programmatic access is too great. For “emergencies” you see. In the aggregate you’re subsidizing a surveillance apparatus rather than securing your home; the security is a side effect.
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoEveryone should understand that when entrust your property to someone else, whether trusting Google with your data or a bank with your money (or valuables in a safety deposit box) they are the ones who, for all intents and purposes, now "own" your property. You may have legal claims on it, but at the end of the day, they control it and ultimately decide what to do with it.