Surveillance cameras constitute an "illegal eavesdropping operation", says Santa Ana Police Association. Sick. More and more you have to consider LE as the enemy when worrying about security (both physical and digital).
Sure, but the product and the service should be separate, so that you are free to choose your storage provider, and so that you can be sure the service can't do anything nasty with your product. Allowing products and services to be converged is bad for consumers.