How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?

Thanks for that, the article really answers the question it seems, here for all: > Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos initially said there was “no video available” because Guthrie “had no subscription” to Google’s video recording service, which keeps videos from Nest cameras accessible in Google’s cloud. > But Nest still saves around three hours of “event-based” video history for free before being deleted. That data lives in Google’s cloud and servers. then it goes on to explain that even “deleted” files can be recovered, no shit. Another interesting part: > Adam Malone, the top cyber crisis expert at cybersecurity advisory firm Kroll and a former cyber-focused FBI special agent, told CNN that video recorded by cloud-based systems goes through “layers and layers” of components to make the application work. > > For example, “there might be one that just processes the data into a new compressed format,” Malone said. “There might be one that renders it a certain visual format.” > > The footage and its underlying data could go through hundreds of thousands of servers and systems all over the world — increasing the chance of residual data being left behind. > > “All those layers have code, and as data moves around to be processed and made available to the customer, it will move through different layers of sub applications, sub servers, sub storage components,” Malone said, speaking generally about application architecture and data handling. What a nightmare. I really hope that usage of these cameras decreases now thanks to the brilliant ring ad.