Incompetence in the justice system is a good reason to keep all trackers on and privacy features off.
That gives you enough data to robustly say "look, I couldn't have been in this chat conversation, because here is my data from that day and you'll clearly see I was running a marathon".
I personally keep 24x7 audio recordings of my life to try to get ahead of false accusations.
Audio recordings aren't good enough, this is why I keep 24x7 recordings of my life in 8K (4320p) raw YUV 4:4:4 color space video with uncompressed 24-bit audio. The NVME RAID array bills are getting a bit steep, however.
Yeah not only are we dealing with third party consent issues…but that kind of log is not going to hold up in court as OP suspects
It does not really prove anything. So you have a bunch of blank audio files with timestamps when a crime was committed and you were asleep? I think I can create that trail pretty easily for any date and time I want.
In two party consent states, 24x7 audio recordings are illegal if anyone else's voice creeps into your recording. And easily fakeable by AI, I imagine.
That gives you enough data to robustly say "look, I couldn't have been in this chat conversation, because here is my data from that day and you'll clearly see I was running a marathon".
I personally keep 24x7 audio recordings of my life to try to get ahead of false accusations.