Yeah, gotta "love" the 'we can break the law cause you didn't pay' HN philosophy.
I would derive great enjoyment of them in court in a 2 party state telling a judge "well since they weren't really a customer....."
I would derive great enjoyment of them in court in a 2 party state telling a judge "well since they weren't really a customer....."
If you install recording software, you're liable for what it records. Bug or not bug, the liablity is yours. The only way you would get Otter.ai in a courtroom would be a civil case and then the not being a paying customer therefore no expectations of a warranty applies.
Seriously, this thread is "I installed recording software and it worked on things I didn't think it would. This company is terrible." while most of us work in tech and know that bugs exist and have generally written some bugs. Worse case, it's a bug. The solution is to stop using it and move on. Or pay for support and have them fix it.
not if it's recording without your consent
> Seriously, this thread is "I installed recording software and it worked on things I didn't think it would.
a poor attempt to reframe the thread, which is actually about a company monitoring confidential meetings without consent
if affirmative consent is such a non-issue here, why couldn't the company get it?
Because some company figured out a 'hack' to make more money, somehow turns from illegal to "legal". And so many users here will defend that.
In this case, it's violating interstate wiretapping laws and state-based 2 party consent laws. But.. they just squint hard and go "Hey we can violate the law and make MORE money".
Uber is exactly that. So is AirBNB. So is Lime/Bird. Just go look at much of the tech companies, and it's "Offline company + way to break law to get money + ONLINE!!!!1!!1!"