independence
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I carry a voice recorder on my person when in public and often record long portions of the day. It occurred to me that this could be a double edged sword, as there may be some things I would prefer not be recorded.
For instance, let's say my wife and I are driving in the car on the way to the store and we say something flirtatious that wasn't intended for the whole world to hear. There may be various things that could end up on a recorder that while not illegal are something I would rather remained private.
There are several problems I see here:
-What if the recorder does not have security features like a way to lock/encrypt it with a password?
-What if the recorder is confiscated and evidence in my favor is destroyed? (I think some resolve this with a smartphone app that uploads audio to the cloud?)
-What if I were detained and an investigator listened to my entire day in real time, scouring it for anything they could use to paint me in a bad light in court?
Do some of you turn your recorder on and off throughout the day? I don't know if I could remember to do that or not. I'd always be forgetting if it is on or not.
Anyway, any thoughts or insight on how you handle these things would be appreciated...
For instance, let's say my wife and I are driving in the car on the way to the store and we say something flirtatious that wasn't intended for the whole world to hear. There may be various things that could end up on a recorder that while not illegal are something I would rather remained private.
There are several problems I see here:
-What if the recorder does not have security features like a way to lock/encrypt it with a password?
-What if the recorder is confiscated and evidence in my favor is destroyed? (I think some resolve this with a smartphone app that uploads audio to the cloud?)
-What if I were detained and an investigator listened to my entire day in real time, scouring it for anything they could use to paint me in a bad light in court?
Do some of you turn your recorder on and off throughout the day? I don't know if I could remember to do that or not. I'd always be forgetting if it is on or not.
Anyway, any thoughts or insight on how you handle these things would be appreciated...