"FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in backend systems." This claim has many home security camera users asking an uncomfortable question: Is your data really gone when you hit delete? When Nancy Guthrie went missing, officials said she had a doorbell camera, but that it had been forcibly removed, and she did not have a subscription."
"This meant there were no videos stored in the cloud. Ten days later, the FBI released footage from the camera, which was revealed to be a Nest Doorbell, clearly showing the masked suspect. This is a huge break in the case and proves the value of security cameras in solving crimes, even if their deterrent effect remains largely unproven. But it raises privacy concerns around how this supposedly "lost" footage was recovered."
Investigators recovered doorbell camera footage from backend systems after the device's owner lacked a cloud subscription and the camera was reportedly removed. The recovered footage from a Nest Doorbell clearly showed a masked suspect and aided the investigation. The retrieval was attributed to "residual data" in provider backend systems, raising questions about whether deleted cloud recordings are truly gone. Forensic experts note that deleted cloud footage can sometimes be recovered, but recovery is technically difficult, resource-intensive, and likely pursued primarily in serious investigations. The situation highlights both the investigative value of security cameras and the privacy trade-offs of cloud storage systems.
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