[cal5k]

Well no, here's another inaccessible bit of information: face-to-face conversations where there are no recording devices present. Hence the importance of testimony in a criminal investigation.

Should we now require all buildings to, by law, record audio conversations in case such conversations might one day be "needed" by law enforcement? Or perhaps there are other ways to perform targeted wiretaps?

[nixpulvis]

You mean your Google home?

[cal5k]

There's a reason I don't own one :-P