Assuming they are recording strangers speaking in public, that's illegal in Germany without explicit consent: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/e

Assuming they are recording strangers speaking in public, that's illegal in Germany without explicit consent: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1939 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_st... Even without sharing the recording.