[sumedh]

> It seems like they got lobbied by insurance companies who scam people over the phone

I always wondered why Android disabled call recording.

[herbst]

Could also be because recording calls without telling is highly illegal in a lot if not all of europe. There are still apps that can do that afaik

[manishjhawar]

In most of the customer support calls I make, I speak up right after connecting that I'm recording the call for legal purposes while the IVR plays. It's a bit tricky for marketing calls received, but I try nonetheless.

[varispeed]

In my country (UK) it is legal, so there is no reason for them really to disable that.

[ChuckNorris89]

IIRC Google claimed something along the lines of "for your own privacy and security".

[varispeed]

And yet they don't disable cameras that you can use to secretly record someone...