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<blockquote data-quote="Bill16" data-source="post: 183088" data-attributes="member: 15356">The fact that it is legal is obvious at least in NY anyway.&nbsp; I don't think the telephone tap comparison is a fair one since the person is not in his/her residence, and expecting privacy in a crowd is not logical. Though I think it still would be illegal to tap his phone even if he is talking on it in public. I think you'd have to be satisfied to hear just one side of the conversation unless it was on speaker phone.What is right and wrong , and what is legal and not legal can be two different things. Being legal does not make it right. At one time installing hidden cameras in an apartment to watch the tenant in their most private moments like the bathroom and bedroom without the tenant knowing wasn't illegal. And there still maybe some places where it's still legal to do it. So the legality of it doesn't mean it's right. I look at this case as a learning tool. The law does not always protect the victim and it's up to us to try and use preventive measures to save our families from similar incidents, when we hear of such things like this. The expectation of privacy is just that. We expect our homes to be private, and now we know it's not always the case legally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill16, post: 183088, member: 15356"] The fact that it is legal is obvious at least in NY anyway. I don't think the telephone tap comparison is a fair one since the person is not in his/her residence, and expecting privacy in a crowd is not logical. Though I think it still would be illegal to tap his phone even if he is talking on it in public. I think you'd have to be satisfied to hear just one side of the conversation unless it was on speaker phone. What is right and wrong , and what is legal and not legal can be two different things. Being legal does not make it right. At one time installing hidden cameras in an apartment to watch the tenant in their most private moments like the bathroom and bedroom without the tenant knowing wasn't illegal. And there still maybe some places where it's still legal to do it. So the legality of it doesn't mean it's right. I look at this case as a learning tool. The law does not always protect the victim and it's up to us to try and use preventive measures to save our families from similar incidents, when we hear of such things like this. The expectation of privacy is just that. We expect our homes to be private, and now we know it's not always the case legally. [/QUOTE]

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