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Hmm interesting.Dont know what to think.Any one know how someone could find out if thier state has a law like that.
The original article (if you followed the link) explained which states have this kind of law:
“…New Hampshire, like many other U.S. states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania and Washington, requires all parties to the communication to consent to a recording before it is legal.”
This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard!!!! I’m suprised that it didn’t make the news since I live in IL. If they (the IM makers) are going to write these programs with these features they might as well make a system telling if the archive is turned on. (I know someone already said something simular to this.) What will they think of next?
What surprises me most is that the internet is still being connected with geographical borders. What’s the entire point in that? Why would someone from Europe be able to log chats normally, but someone in America not? What does it matter where you’re from really, on the internet?
The easier it is for idiots to use the internet, the crappier the internet becomes. If only the net were an OS, a nice fresh install to clean out all the crap thats accumulated over the years.
Hmm I wonder if theres a disclaimer stating anything you post in the forum can be used against you in a court of law and by posting you are giving your consent to save your post.Read this post from the AIMutation forum…it raises a very good point:
haha, what if someone from europe logged text with someone online that they had never met, only to later find out that they were breaking the law while doing so…DUMB!
It is like setting up a security camera and not telling anyone…it just cant be used against the person if they commit a crime:D
I think it works like this, if I lived in New Hampshire (or one of those other states like Illinois) I would not legally be able to log the convo without dual consent. HOWEVER, if I were chatting with someone from New Hampshire and lived and a state without those laws or in a beautiful place such as Europe (I mean that sincerely by the way!) I could log the convo. but the person with whom I was chatting in New Hampshire would have to have my consent, b/c the law does not cover where I am chatting. Hmmmm….
That seems right, Oreo. How unfair.
I am disappointed in my home, CA. They signed it.
If there is a way to make a text file that is unalterable I would support it. I think logging conversations not specifically known to be held in confidence should be fine. I go by, “If you type it and send it, you are responsible for what people do with it.”
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