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"Wiretapping" Charges May Be Oddest Ever Recorded

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tap-into-the-future dept.

netbuzz writes "Guy kicks up a fuss at a Massachusetts car-repair shop, employees call the police, guy allegedly gives them a hard time, too, and they charge the fellow with a variety of expectable charges: disorderly conduct, resisting arrest ... and 'unlawful wiretapping and possessing a device for wiretapping.' The device? A digital voice recorder. Massachusetts is one of only 12 states that prohibit the recording of a conversation unless all parties to it are aware it's being recorded."

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  1. Re:Lie to me! by Dog-Cow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most of us don't care about private people recording people in public. I see people with video cameras and such all the time.

    What we don't appreciate is someone with armed forces and the "Law" at their disposal doing the same thing.