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>So, without opt-in From the article: "If you choose to turn on this feature..."

by mootothemax 11y ago

kuschku 11y ago
You choose to turn on the feature. The people around you have no choice at all if they are recorded or not.
- mootothemax 11y ago
  >You choose to turn on the feature. >The people around you have no choice at all if they are recorded or not. How's that different to literally any application that sends microphone recordings across the 'net?
  - kuschku 11y ago
    It’s not very different, except usually you have to turn it on manually for every single recording. If you record without permission, it is illegal. Here a user turns it on once, and it will record every time you write a status update, and they might even forgot they turned it on – it poses a liability issue, and it leads to people being less able to find out if they are recorded or not. In the end, probably it will be the users that end up in court, not Facebook.
  - talmand 11y ago
    It is no different, any application that does this makes you subject to liability depending on local laws. If it is illegal in your area to record someone without their consent and you hold up your phone in a bar while using something like Shazam you may be breaking the law. While the odds of you being prosecuted for it may seem unlikely, doesn't change the potential liability.
- colinbartlett 11y ago
  How is this different from Shazam? I don't think very many people are paranoid about their conversations being recorded when someone in a bar holds up their phone to identify what's playing.
  - kuschku 11y ago
    Because here you have to opt in once, and it will record in the future every time when writing a status entry. People holding up a phone to identify what’s playing are at least noticeable. Same reason why recording video with a phone (for which you have to hold it awkwardly, or you’ll just record the ground) is different from recording with Google Glass (at first, no one notices if you record or not)

>So, without opt-in From the article: "If you choose to turn on this feature..."

kuschku 11y ago

You choose to turn on the feature. The people around you have no choice at all if they are recorded or not.

mootothemax 11y ago
>You choose to turn on the feature. >The people around you have no choice at all if they are recorded or not. How's that different to literally any application that sends microphone recordings across the 'net?
- kuschku 11y ago
  It’s not very different, except usually you have to turn it on manually for every single recording. If you record without permission, it is illegal. Here a user turns it on once, and it will record every time you write a status update, and they might even forgot they turned it on – it poses a liability issue, and it leads to people being less able to find out if they are recorded or not. In the end, probably it will be the users that end up in court, not Facebook.
- talmand 11y ago
  It is no different, any application that does this makes you subject to liability depending on local laws. If it is illegal in your area to record someone without their consent and you hold up your phone in a bar while using something like Shazam you may be breaking the law. While the odds of you being prosecuted for it may seem unlikely, doesn't change the potential liability.
colinbartlett 11y ago
How is this different from Shazam? I don't think very many people are paranoid about their conversations being recorded when someone in a bar holds up their phone to identify what's playing.
- kuschku 11y ago
  Because here you have to opt in once, and it will record in the future every time when writing a status entry. People holding up a phone to identify what’s playing are at least noticeable. Same reason why recording video with a phone (for which you have to hold it awkwardly, or you’ll just record the ground) is different from recording with Google Glass (at first, no one notices if you record or not)