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It goes without saying that when doing any form of activism to have at least one person recording all the time.

I am a hardware and software developer and extreme enthusiast, so my experience with ABR is very different from most peoples. My code is compiling, so I'll post at length because society may find some of my extreme ABR examples far more normal in the near future.

My phone hard-case has a belt-clip, that allows me to be recording from waist level without obviously holding it. It also has a stand. A blue-tooth headset can work for discrete audio recording, but the batteries don't last long enough for me.

I consider my home an extension of my lab, and do research in cybernetics and new forms of audiovisual user interfaces. I have several ongoing machine learning projects involving object & voice recognition, A/V IO processing, activity pattern discovery, etc. So, there are web cams and microphones and speakers in every room of the house (except bathroom). In the dining, kitchen, den, bedroom I have Kinects which supply detailed audio, infrared, 3D, and RGB (normal) feeds. I also have a few cameras for recording the exterior perimeter. These all continuously feed into my machine learning systems.

This is a prototype setup for a smarter smart home I'm developing -- I already can not imagine living without my digital assistant, and think these will allow ABR to become the norm for most everyone in the future:

> "aEye, where are my damn keys?"

> KEYS last identified in KITCHEN by SOUND.

You know you want one...

> "aEye, what was that?!"

> PERSON identified in ENTRYWAY by SIGHT. UNKNOWN SOUND in LIVING ROOM. MAIL DELIVERY most likely by TIME.

> "I'll check the mail later. aEye, tell me if you see anything. I'm taking a nap."

> NOTIFICATION set for MOTION.

(trigger words emboldened)

Everyone that visits wants me to built one for them... It's kind of silly how easy this is to make though if you know how to code up some cybernetic networks and A/V processing. The adventurous could use FANN, Jack, OpenCV, Freenect, and Festival to take care of the bulk with open source software. Unfortunately, most open source voice recognition sucks, but doing pattern recognition on frequency domains isn't rocket science.

There are several gigabytes of data per second being streamed into my machine learning system, but it only uses a ~24 hour sample cache (customizable size). Many off the shelf home surveillance systems allow for longer caches. In my case this is enough data to extend over several days because once a feed is processed the AI only keeps high entropy sample signals (ones that require further processing) -- A form of delta encoding compression. This means if no one is in the den anymore (or they have frozen and gone quiet), nothing more is being saved of that feed. It's similar to motion activated recording, except it works on visual, audio or changes in 3D depth map -- Moving slowly can not fool it as one can a motion sensor as it does not compare samples at a fixed interval: It will always compare "now" to its last known "active" sample, so the delta will become large enough eventually and trigger recording no matter how slow you creep.

I can usually pull up anything that happened around the house from the past few days or sometimes a week, and that's plenty, IMO.

Google has a product called "Google Now" which, I think my systems are FAR superior to since they do not send any of my data off to some 3rd party corporation's servers -- I wouldn't trust feeding all that personal stuff into an AI that was working for someone else... However, if you use Google Now, they'll ABR your location data which could come in handy if ever charged with a crime you weren't physically present to commit.

I also have a personal custom web-spider and link recommendation engine similar to how StumbleUpon or Google Now does, and its interest identifying AI is fed all webpages as I visit them through my customized unified threat management system (based on Sophos UTM).

Since my spider crawls so much stuff that I never see when it's looking for things it thinks I might like, I'm usually banned from Google services as a "virus" unless I fill out a bunch of "captchas". This is both good and bad because Google doesn't know fuck-all about what I really like, but it means I can't rely on their logs to prove I was at home browsing the web. If accused of a crime when you were browsing, subpoena your ISP, reddit, the search engine data, or youtwitfacetrest, whatever has been recorded.

One can get wireless IP webcams for a home security setup for far cheaper than scattering computers and cable trays around the house. One could use a security gateway appliance in-line to cache your web traffic and thus extend ABR to your digital life too. I recommend people use an offline email viewer, like Thunderbird, for email and download their email from the web servers, in case you are forbidden connection online, or it disappears, your attorney can access your home copy to help you out. Be sure to select the [o] Leave a copy on the server option so you'll have a backup if your hardware is confiscated at the airport or border (or within 100 miles of them -- the 'constitution free' zone).

I'm streaming about 10 GB/month of AV from my phone to my home AI / security system, and that's mostly delta compressed. With just audio and an app with a good compression ratio you can probably get away with much less. It helps to carry more batteries. I have several rechargeable portable power bricks in case the juice gets low on my tablet / phone.

I inform people that everything is recorded before they enter my home, and if they do not consent to my doing so that they do not have permission to enter or remain on my property. I also inform them that if they use my WIFI I will have a copy of whatever data traverses my networks. In addition enabling your router's logs (preferably remote syslog) you can use Wireshark in promiscuous mode to ABR your network data.

Most people who know me don't care that I'm recording. About half of the people who initially balk at being recorded are OK with it when I explain that I don't keep things indefinitely by default, and unless something bad goes down I won't be keeping a permanent record. I say, "It's about personal safety, if you think I'm a creep then you shouldn't be in my home."

Check your local laws, in some states it is required to notify both parties that they are being recorded. It may also be illegal to record the police in action -- bogusly deemed 'obstruction of justice' or some such. It may also be illegal to record celebrities without their permission, as in some countries they use copyright of their likeness to fight the paparazzi (as if it stops them). Your workplace may also prohibit recording, typically for "trade secret" purposes. Remember to document everything at work if this is the case.

I have experimented with building a few cheap laser microphones to mic my garage from the house via its windows (can also work as a tripwire). Ultimately I found that some unfiltered omni-directional USB mics and a PC connected via WIFI range extender/bridge worked better for recording of outbuildings.

I let friends and neighbors know if I'll be recording while I'm visiting. It may not be illegal not to say anything, but it's best not to piss off the people who know where you sleep. Be warned that using my Wifi means I could pwn your device. I don't do such things, just beware that if you do use public WIFI or someone's hotspot even once, then someone else could ABR you. Due to the slow nature of cellphone OS updates, they are trivially compromised by any willing script-kiddie. When in doubt, use your own data connection / tether.

Also note: A Ferret Cannon can ABR anyone, anywhere, so install a soundproof Faraday cage if you want a place to NBR. It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you... Seriously, I just love making and playing with electronics and robotics and such and I've got machines to teach about people. I have excuses, I don't recommend going this overboard into ABREE (Always Be Recording Everything, Everywhere). Stay safe, and try not to make the NSA jealous.

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This is the one I finally settled on. I like it very much.

I've been using this one for about a year on my s4 and just bought the bigger one for the s5. I like the mix of a soft and hard shell with a stand and it is pretty cheap.