Court OKs Covert iPhone Audio Recording

Tootech writes "Using an iPhone to secretly record a conversation is not a violation of the Wiretap Act if done for legitimate purposes, a federal appeals court has ruled. 'The defendant must have the intent to use the illicit recording to commit a tort of crime beyond the act of recording itself,' the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Friday's decision, which involves a civil lawsuit over a secret audio recording produced from the 99-cent Recorder app, mirrors decisions in at least three other federal appeals courts."

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Re:It's still illegal in Illinois

[commodore64_love]

Don't blame the whole state for what is really just the fault of Chicago and its exurbs.

The people living in the rest of Illinois try to clean-up the corruption, but their voices are suppressed by tyranny of the majority (i.e. they are outvoted).