| >If I'm doing something that I do not want recorded, I'd be using linux with a tor connection and strong opsec. The house can still be bugged as long as I don't have a camera pointed at my monitor. If the NSA runs a few TOR hops between you and the target it would be unfortunately possible for them to perform a correlation attack on the traffic going through it's network and your confirmed position sitting on your home computer doing stuff, likely with a compromised router confirming TOR packets are leaving your house. If you were running the Silk Road on TOR and the gov had reason to suspect it was you associated with a very specific illegal event, proving you were there at the right place and time can be enough without the content of the packets itself to sink you. Adrian Crenshaw's talks about Tor are fun for a laugh. If you have a reputable friend visit your house that has been doing illegal things behind the scenes that you knew nothing about, be prepared for more scrutiny of your videos and potential recording devices. Just like swatting sent an average joe to jail for a few years because some kids called the swat in and they found a few ounces of weed. You may record technical negligence of your own child, forming a verbal contract you did not intend, agreeing or disagreeing to things that may publicly change your reputation and more. Your images of your loved ones could be deepfaked to make a video phone call with a wavenet faked audio voice claiming to be kidnapped upon travelling through Asia and demand money to get home safe, because your home video system was hacked a week before... The data of your existence is now an attack-surface intentionally or otherwise that authorities & criminals alike can explore. |
Also, if Google's devices or networks get hacked and used for extortion, they've got deep pockets. It'd be a cool plot for a movie, but I'm personally unconcerned about that scenario.