I'm as paranoid about IoT devices being abused as anyone, but can you point out more than 1 or 2 examples of "It's never true?"
https://thinkprogress.org/new-york-police-nypd-will-deploy-f...
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/578369420/report-alleges-poli...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/26/police...
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/dark-side-fbi-dea-illega...
https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/issues/government-sur...
https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-su...