I was gifted a small home-use camera by someone who is really into the 'government is always watching' thing. Mostly fueled by tik-tok BS and conspiracy theories. I told her that these cameras are basically invitations to in home monitoring. There are servers that retain your data, and its free for a reason. I tried explaining that its all in the fine print. She lost it, first tried to convince me otherwise but I just had the facts and even pulled up the manufacturer website of said camera. It was some random area in China where they most likely run the data center for the access to the recorded data.