There is a degree of paranioa in all this too.
Yes, things these days have cameras, a lot of them. Yes, if you are ignorant if how it works, that camera can probably be used to spy on you. But it doesn't just happen, someone needs motive and intent and know a lot about you first... which probably means you done fucked up somewhere else.
The gub'ment isn't putting backdoors in everything with a camera, or recording 24/7. They haven't got the disk space for that (yet).
Source: I worked for years on a software api centered around a little green droid (or was it a blue alien?). I'm now layed off and can say no more, but I saw how the sausauge maker works.
You want something to be afraid of? It's "hardware security." That's what you should fear. When you don't really control the machine you own... and that is precisely what they are pushing.
