This just happened to me and I am a little shook. Very weird. I was talking to my friend in NYC and randomly this voice came on the line saying “this call is being recorded”
He heard it as well. We both have iPhones and were just talking over the PSTN. Wtf
This usually happens when the person you call is trying to record the call using Google’s “phone” app.
Yeah, sounds like a phone call recording app that is allowed to operate on the App Store under the condition that the recording is loudly announced.
I really hate Google dictating the use of two-party consent even in my one-party consent state. I have every right to record phone calls without having it play that message, but not the ability because of Google’s gatekeeping!
Can’t you use a non-google app to do it?
From https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/record-calls-on-your-android-phone :
I’ve looked through the F-Droid repository for a call-recording app before, but didn’t find one that worked. It’s been a while, so maybe I ought to try again. Otherwise, I’m open to suggestions!
You are correct, you have the right to be an asshole.
TIL augmenting my memory is “be[ing] an asshole,” but telling me that I don’t have the right to help myself remember isn’t.
No, being the asshole is expecting other people to be recorded for your benefit - without first telling them so that they can consent. And then blaming Google for it.
You consented by calling me. Fuck off with this notion that you’re allowed to dictate what I am or am not allowed to do with my own property.
Oh god, I really hope my phone doesn’t do that when it records. The recording button is on the screen during calls and I accidentally hit it all the time.