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TheMukt reports:
Over the last few days we have seen increased activity on the nightly changelogs which suggest [CyanogenMod has] incorporated a call recording feature into its most recent nightlies. Generally speaking call recording is largely considered very grey in terms of the law and as such it seems CM is not offering this feature as a direct and obvious feature.
Instead what we are seeing is the call recording setting can be activated by the user but does require a little bit of knowledge. This presumably is a way for CM to avoid any direct law breaking. So to be accurate CM [is] now offering support for call recording although not the feature directly.
Related: Record Customer Service Calls
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Call Recording Feature Available On CyanogenMod Nightlies
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(Score: 1) by pendorbound on Wednesday August 27 2014, @02:40PM
Sorry, but there are actually 12 US states where two-party consent is required. For the rest, one-party is sufficient:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws#United_States [wikipedia.org]
For four of those 12, there are caveats that make it closer to one-party as well. Two of them require notification only (“BTW, I’m recording this, KTHX”), one of the statutes has been found unconstitutional, and Hawaii is basically one-party even though it’s listed in the 12 (see http://www.pibureau.com/HRS,%20%20SURVEILLANCE%20%20LAWS%20%20IN%20%20HAWAII.HTM [pibureau.com]).
So essentially eight states require two-party consent. Doesn’t seem like it’s a grey area legally at all. The majority of US citizens are within the law to record their own telephone conversations regardless of what the other party might want.