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The law divides wiretapping into two categories, recording conversations (audio) and recording actions (photos and videos). Conversations in private places are banned from third party audio recording and a member of a conversation can covertly record the conversation without the consent of others.
Laws on listening devices varies between states within the US. Typically the variation comes on whether or not the state is a one or two party consent state. Within one party consent states, only one party must approve the recording, whereas in all party consent states all parties must consent to the recording.
Wiretapping, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert means.The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connection was an actual electrical tap on an analog telephone or telegraph line.
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Massachusetts' wiretap statute is much stricter than wiretapping laws in most states, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled last year that Boston police violated the wiretap law when they used ...
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), also known as the "Digital Telephony Act," is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279, codified at 47 USC 1001–1010).
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