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Before you install cloud-recording cameras in your home, especially from a major company which the police will check first, be AWARE that local and federal law enforcement can simply request your data from Google, no judicial search warrant required (as Google has no privacy interest in your data, and you have no privacy interest in data you voluntarily hand over to third parties such as Google, according to the US Supreme Court).

Basically a letter on law enforcement stationery will do: "We need access to all video, on an ongoing basis, from 123 Elm St., as it may be relevant to an ongoing investigation." Done.

Some people may be fine with this but many should think carefully.



Where do you get the idea that Nest/Google will simply hand over video from users without an actual warrant?

That's not what I'm reading/interpreting from the information here: https://nest.com/legal/transparency-report/


Where do you get the idea that a search warrant is required to get a third-party to hand over data about you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine

And no, there's nothing on that nest.com page that says otherwise.




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