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by tetris11 661 days ago
Seriously. It's bad enough sometimes that you go to friends house and have an Alexa responding to every half word. Now we have to put up with this?

For what actual gain? What percentage of a normal friendly conversation is something you want to actually review and document. Less than 5%?
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Forgeties79 660 days ago
As someone who is not neurotypical I actually could really use something like this due to memory issues associated with my diagnosis. Especially professionally.
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__MatrixMan__ 660 days ago
Your comment made me think about it differently, thanks.

We don't need to jam these adversarially, we need a wireless protocol that enables polite behavior. Imagine if you were walking around broadcasting "I'm recording" and you run across somebody broadcasting "please don't record". The devices could prompt a conversation between humans.

Changing the dynamic to one that's resolved initially (rather than later, when somebody's upset because they didn't know they were being recorded) would be a significant shift I think.

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natpalmer1776 660 days ago
Except this "problem" has already been resolved (in the US) at a legal level; Look up your states stance on one-party vs. two-party consent for recording private conversations.

The majority (39/50) of states only require the consent of a single party to record a conversation. If you want to take issue with other people recording conversations they have with you, that is something you should take up with your state's legislature.

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__MatrixMan__ 659 days ago
Wherever possible I think we should prefer ways of getting along with each other which make the state irrelevant.

It's never polite to record when you know the other party does not consent, but I'm not sure it should be illegal.

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squigz 659 days ago
Not everyone is polite. One might argue that most people aren't.
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johann8384 659 days ago
Wherever possible I think we should prefer ways of getting along with each other.
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Forgeties79 660 days ago
I think that proposal is totally fair, and don’t worry I wasn’t trying to challenge you or something. Just wanted to offer another perspective!
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