One nation, on camera: Internet-connected doorbells promise security but raise privacy alarms
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The FBI’s publication of videos from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest doorbell camera has reinvigorated questions that have dogged big tech companies as they have become a larger part of people’s daily lives: How much data are these devices collecting? What happens to that data? Is it ever truly deleted?
FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday that the footage had been recovered thanks to the bureau’s work with private companies, coming after Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the video was unavailable because Guthrie did not pay for a Nest subscription.
While the details are still unknown, Patel said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday evening: “We were able to execute lawful searches and go to these private sector companies and expedite results, and then go into their systems and actually excavate material that people would think would normally be deleted and no one would look for.”
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