Court Says It's Okay To Secretly Record Conversation If Done For...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 08/19/2010 - 19:35

While there have been a lot of concerns lately about efforts to misuse "wiretapping" laws that forbid any recordings of people without their knowledge, it appears at least a few courts are recognizing how silly that is.

Yet another court has now said that secretly recording a conversation -- in this case with an iPhone -- is okay , assuming there was no crime committed with the recording, and the recording was for a legitimate purpose.

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