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TL;DR
- The FBI recovered Nest doorbell footage in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, even though there was no active Google Home Premium subscription on the camera.
- Google’s documentation says non-subscribers only get about three hours of event history, raising questions about how the video was still accessible.
- The case has sparked privacy concerns about how long Nest camera data may exist in Google’s backend systems.
The FBI has released surveillance footage recovered from a Nest doorbell camera in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. While the footage has certainly shed new light on the case and is an important piece of evidence, it’s raising privacy concerns among Nest camera and Google Home users about how the company stores their video recordings.
