Strange that that happens to me is, every time I take out my Airpods and put them in their case, I get a Find My alert on my phone saying I left them behind even though they're in my pocket.
I have a QNAP NAS device with a bunch of storage. PPoE gigabit switch. A few ReoLink hardwired cameras pointed at all the entrances to my house. My QNAP device has a free NVR app that detects the cameras on the network and saves the recordings to the NAS. It's pretty simple and I don't have to worry about shady cloud-based devices.
Sounds like you need a buffer. A person who's job it is to keep everyone away from you while that person records what everyone needs and presents it to you at specific times.