[sci.electronics] Answering machine recording outgoing calls

alz@tc.fluke.COM (Al Weiss) (04/11/90)

>   As for legality...it depends on the state in which you live. 

My Panasonic telephone/answering machine combo records the ongoing conversation
with the push of a couple of buttons.  It is programmable to inject or not
inject the 15 second beep.  I think it defaults to 'not'.  To cover their
posterior they point out that it may be unlawful to secretly record the
conversation in some states.


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Al Weiss                   alz@tc.fluke.com                      206-356-5252
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