Comment by sneak
16 hours ago
The 2 party state thing is for phone calls. Outside of phone calls, you are generally allowed to record anything you can legally hear, same as you can photograph anything you can legally see.
16 hours ago
The 2 party state thing is for phone calls. Outside of phone calls, you are generally allowed to record anything you can legally hear, same as you can photograph anything you can legally see.
>Outside of phone calls, you are generally allowed to record anything you can legally hear
I am not a lawyer but I do not believe that is true in any state except Nevada. Two-party consent almost always includes in person conversations. California Code, Penal Code 632:
>A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year
https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-632/
This applies to confidential communications.
> For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means any communication carried on in circumstances as may reasonably indicate that any party to the communication desires it to be confined to the parties thereto, but excludes a communication made in a public gathering or in any legislative, judicial, executive, or administrative proceeding open to the public, or in any other circumstance in which the parties to the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded.
One of the parties visibly wearing a watch with a recording function, or holding a phone, or wearing earbuds with microphones in them means the other parties may not reasonably expect the conversation to be free of microphones.
As far as I can tell in 2 party states, it depends on the expectation of privacy, and even in public, your intent. In any case, here is their threading of the needle:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/148354#:~:text=app%2E-,How,s...
> Omitted content. Siri Recaps are designed to omit potentially harmful content, such as language that promotes self-harm or hateful speech, and sensitive information, such as financial data, government-assigned identifiers, authentication data, and certain personal identifiers
What a pain in the ass. This sort of arbitrary (and no doubt janky) kneecapping/censorship makes these things fundamentally unfit for purpose. A transcription that doesn’t transcribe what was said if it thinks it’s naughty is worse than useless.