I think this is a good approach. It's he/she says but not for long. You can use the evidence against them
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iOS 18 Can Record and Transcribe Your Phone Calls
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Thanks but I know where I live and what the law says. I need neither your consent or to inform you.
This is another new feature of iOS 18.0 that could potentially cause legal trouble even if iOS announces the call is being recorded. I believe that recording telephone calls, even with announcement and/or consent, have differing legalities depending on location. It may end up being take off the final release of iOS 18.0.
The phone knows where you are and can apply the policy that matches local laws.
It’s the users responsibility. Apple makes AirTags. Up to user to use them legally. Kids can view porn on safari. Up to users once again.
Recording calls is legal in my state. Also if the other party hears it’s recorded then maybe they won’t lie. Or send a text which is written and preferred by me. No problem with other party knowing. If they don’t like it then hang up.
People who want to record calls are absolute creeps. To say that will invoke an angry reaction from the creep, claiming I have something to hide by not wanting my phone call to be recorded.
No, it’s just creepy and I’m glad the service will notify all parties. Sneaky phone call recording creeps have no place running around society unchecked, frankly.
You don't need to tell anyone, unless you're in one of the 11 two-party/all-party states. Single-party consent includes the person calling and invoking the recording. You don't consent or disclose to yourself.
It matters where the recording is being made. I reside in a single-party state, and don't need to disclose my recording of a call with someone in a two-party state.
For real, most of the US is single-party, I don't know how so many users are ill-informed about the stateside laws.
FYI... there are some reasons people don't tell. There have been a few cases of domestic violence where victims recorded their abuser making death threats (without of course telling them, they were being recorded). As well as the reverse where abusers recorded victims. I'm not condoning either. Courts have struggled with these kinds of cases.
Easy fix. Leave it turned on. Call recording has been around for decades. You have always been able to purchase equipment that will record calls.There are services that record calls through the iPhone. There are even products available that will record and transcribe straight from the phone. It is the the onus is on the individual to use products responsibly.
Are you being serious. Conversation recording has been around for many decades, for many legitimate reasons. I don't have the time, or really care enough, to educate on all the legitimate purposes conversation recording/transcribing, that if a job for Google. But to make a blanket statement like that? Now, that is truly creepy.
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but it is not illegal in the state I live so I want that option
Most phone calls I make and receive are with businesses, most of which will record me and will use those recordings against me if it is useful to do so. Having recordings of our own gives us a bit more protection from their BS.
Not wanting to notify them is because some will refuse to talk if you’re recording them even if they record you (apparently Apple does that)
to my understanding, in my state the 1 party rule applies to *eavesdropping* which is the term for in-person conversations.
wiretapping, which is the recording of a call, is 2 party in CT.
CGS agrees with this, but IANAL.
I still can’t believe after a millennia safari still goes back to the top of a page when you press back button.
Pretty vague description, and it is not in beta 1.
Does it ALWAYS require AI, or is it just the transcription portion that needs AI to come in?
And what happens when the caller is from a home phone or an Android phone? How do you achieve the notification?
Does it ALWAYS require AI, or is it just the transcription portion that needs AI to come in?
And what happens when the caller is from a home phone or an Android phone? How do you achieve the notification?
This is great for dealing with customer service. A live person will never know you're recording because you'll be dealing with automation and/or hold before you get a live person. Any announcement will have already happened.