Meanwhile, some states in the US require verbal consent before the call is recorded.
That’s my state. I wonder how they will roll that out.
I don’t think this will matter overall. I don’t know if any states that are no party consent meaning that you can’t record ever, only one or two party consents.
The feature itself isn’t illegal, its using it when you are not supposed to that is. I assume the feature will roll out as normal and it will be up to the user to determine whether they are allowed to use it or not.
What can the state do if someone from another state where it’s legal records it anyways?
This is still the US. They can shoot them.
Not sure how good a source this is, but: https://www.getnextphone.com/blog/call-recording-laws-by-state
Interstate calls must follow the stricter state’s law (if calling California from Texas, California rules apply)
Bullshit. California has no jurisdiction over people in one-party consent states.
The California court decision it cites (Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. (2006)) is being misinterpreted: the “Georgia” party in that instance was a corporation that also does business in California, and that is what made it subject to California law. The notion that its precedent creates some “general rule” is a blatant fucking lie.
even then, the ruling that you show here stated that CA sided with Georgia in the case as well, they stated that future business should hold to CA’s laws due to the customer being a CA resident, but that due to the company residing in Georgia, they are not liable for past damages. It was basically a case of “we believe our law is correct but we have no jurisdiction to actually chase this and if it goes to federal court it will be tossed due to federal law favoring one party consent”
Okay, but if it’s broken, how does the person know let alone what CAN they do.
The article doesn’t cover how they recover the damages in another state. Having the laws is only one small portion of the picture.
It being legal federally is a hurdle on its own.
I think it only allows recording of verified business numbers, not personal ones. A whitelist system…
This is going to ship as “on by default”, isn’t it?
I doubt it because that would be a huge legal mess
Didn’t Google literally ban this feature from Android a couple years back? I hope it doesn’t become a Pixel exclusive thing.
Fuck Google anyway.
They banned it in the sense only system apps can have call recording. So you either need root or your manufacturer needs to ship the feature in their app natively.
