Both are unacceptable behaviors in my opinion Quietly continuing to record is ignoring that the person even has protested. It's still asserting that your right

Both are unacceptable behaviors in my opinion Quietly continuing to record is ignoring that the person even has protested. It's still asserting that your right to record them trumps any objection they might raise. It is in effect reducing them from a person to simply the subject of your recording Yes, one of these behaviors you describe is much more visibly obnoxious, but the quieter version is still obnoxious. It shows absolutely no respect for the people you are recording