The tragic story of Nancy Guthrie’s abduction reveals a hard truth about the promises made by tech companies about your data.

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The FBI recovered Nest doorbell footage in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, even though there was no active Google Home Premium subscription.

This is an easy way to get better connectivity throughout larger homes or in bigger areas.

These developments have many wondering what a smart security camera or doorbell does, who has access to the video they take — and what homeowners can do to secure their own data.

The FBI finally released the first images of Nancy Guthrie’s suspected abductor 10 days after she vanished from her Arizona home — a delay caused by two major obstacles — her security camera was missing and the 84-year-old grandmother didn’t subscribe to the camera’s back-up storage plan.

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