> > California requires consent from all present who have vibrated the air while you record the air vibrations > One-party recording laws enable us to catch ba

> > California requires consent from all present who have vibrated the air while you record the air vibrations > One-party recording laws enable us to catch bad actors. Otherwise, you can't do things like record Rob Ford smoking crack and being a racist piece of shit while the incumbent mayor. The fact that you don't have the right to record a conversation you are participating in is not a good thing. That doesn't stop illegally obtained recordings from being presented as evidence, so long as the recording was not performed by law enforcement, at least in the United States. Sure you might be open to civil liability but that's a different story. [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusionary_rule