Comments on: Should you auto-record your phone calls?

By: ripper234

ripper234 — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:12:45 +0000

Well, only a month after publishing this post, I decided that yes, I need to auto-record calls. Sad but true.

http://v1.ripper234.com/p/well-that-didnt-last-long/

By: A Quantum Immortal » Well, that didn’t last long

A Quantum Immortal » Well, that didn’t last long — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 05:09:29 +0000

[…] a month ago I blogged about whether I should auto-record phone calls or not, and decided not to automatically record […]

By: ripper234

ripper234 — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:24:52 +0000

Interesting, thanks for the link.

I believe the direction the world is heading is such that everyone will accept everything they do to be recorded, and eventually such laws will become irrelevant, unenforceable and be changed to fit the times.

By: Dan Dascalescu

Dan Dascalescu — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:06:07 +0000

In California, you need consent from both parties before recording a call.

By: ripper234

ripper234 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:57:20 +0000

It’s this exact undefined “creepiness factor” which made me choose to stop recording, and to post this in the first place. I think that if you choose to record all phone calls, the very least is you can let your friends know about it.

But we all need to prepare for the future – such recordings will be everywhere, not just audio but video as well … perhaps someday our thought patterns also.

By: ponetium

ponetium — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:37:54 +0000

I think that although it may be good to record calls of 3rd parties, recording regular phone calls can be a little…well, crippy. I believe that sometimes, recording calls can be nice, for listening to them years later, like photographs in a photobook, but sometimes people can use such things against you. I have mixed feelings about the idea, and I don;t really know what to say for or against this…

By: ripper234

ripper234 — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:22:31 +0000

@Sagie – I’m not aware of a complete solution including indexing, but it should be easier to build. Today the app can upload the files to Dropbox, it should be easy enough to monitor and process the uploaded files.

By: Sagie Davidovich

Sagie Davidovich — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:43:36 +0000

@Ariel, @ripper234, I believe that when call recording, or even ambient passive recording is combined with speech recognition and textual indexing and search capabilities, it does bring us one step closer to an extension of our memories. We have all the technology to build it today. Is anyone aware of such a solution?

By: ripper234

ripper234 — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:33:03 +0000

@Ariel – hmm, so you’re making me think I’m not the crazy one for wanting to record everything. Now I actually wonder how many of my friends have been recording our calls in the last few years and just haven’t said anything about it 🙂

Have you actually found this useful? How often? Can you give a few examples?

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:21:24 +0000

From my understanding, you may record any conversation as long as at least one participant is aware and willing, so if that participant is you, you’re cool. At least in Israel.

I record all the calls on my phone. Every once in a while I copy them off my phone and encrypt them just to make sure phone calls don’t get out of hand. It’s simply too useful.

Besides, I’m not deluding myself that my communications are untampered, so I might as well have a copy myself. Anyone having a problem with that has a problem inherent with technology.