You were smart not to risk it. Even if you can get your hands on a digital camera that lets you record those moments privately you'll have to be careful about what the OS is on the computer where you store/view those images because now or at some point in the future it could also decide to do the same thing.

No matter how terrible or illegal something is, even if it's abuse or terrorism our own devices shouldn't be treating us as an adversary, watching everything we do to make sure we don't step out of line, and reporting violations to the police.