• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It depends on the state. My state is a one party state, meaning any person that is party to a private conversation can legally reveal everything in it to the public.

    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, I figured we’d need to track the criminal down to a specific contry and state and then ask a lawyer to make sure. We’re super strict here. If someone uses the voice recorder app or takes a video with sound in a private conversation, that’s already a serious thing. Of course similar restrictions apply to phone calls, letters and electronic conversation.

      Reading US law isn’t easy for me, I mean there’s always a lot involved and then there are laws on two or three levels plus exemptions and additional rules… I wonder if such a freedom in a one party state applies to people like whistleblowers and other unruly people as well…

      • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        On paper, whistleblowers have federal protection from prosecution. In reality, however, if you blow the whistle on a rich person, a corporation, or the government, the government will go out of its way to punish you and make an example. See Edward Snowden, who is still wanted by the government, despite having revealed the government was engaged in what was then highly illegal espionage against their own citizens. The government responded by making that invasion of privacy legal.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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        2 days ago

        Of course similar restrictions apply to phone calls, letters and electronic conversation.

        I am sure US mega corps are complying and the law is enforced against them

        • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Not sure, I’ve never worked for an US mega corp. And those really don’t seem to like the law, or worker unions who start complaining and blow it up once someone gets mistreated/surveilled by their employer… Honestly, I’m not sure where we’re at, overall. I’ve read about both things happen, corporations getting sued / fined and getting away with exploiting their employees.