A Walt Disney World employee made an illegal audio recording of her interview with Disney security officials while being questioned about thefts at the theme parks, according to prosecutors.
Alicia Reese later shared that secret recording with Patrick Spikes, a former Disney employee who is accused of breaking into a theme park attraction and stealing props, deputies allege.
Prosecutors have charged Reese with an illegal interception of oral communications, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Reese and Spikes have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Reese, who had been an employee of ESPN Club restaurant at Disney’s Boardwalk Resort, was interviewed by two Disney security investigators in March about thefts from the company. more
Showing posts with label recording. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recording. Show all posts
Friday, December 27, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
LaFollette Councilwoman Indicted - 34 counts of Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance
TN - A LaFollette city councilwoman was indicted Thursday on wiretapping and official misconduct charges after a nearly eight-month investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...
Campbell County District Attorney Jared Effler requested the TBI investigate after a recording device was found in the LaFollette City Hall Conference Room. Investigators later determined that Thompson was responsible for placing the device in the conference room.
On October 2nd, the Campbell County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Thompson with 34 counts of Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance and two counts of Official Misconduct. more
Campbell County District Attorney Jared Effler requested the TBI investigate after a recording device was found in the LaFollette City Hall Conference Room. Investigators later determined that Thompson was responsible for placing the device in the conference room.
On October 2nd, the Campbell County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Thompson with 34 counts of Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance and two counts of Official Misconduct. more
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Uber’s Next Big Safety Feature... Eavesdropping
Uber users have raised their share safety concerns with the company, and now it seems that a new feature that could help allay some of those concerns is on the way.
Uber is apparently testing a feature that will allow riders to record audio through the app when they feel unsafe during a ride.
There are a lot of details we don’t know about this feature yet, as Uber hasn’t said anything official about it. more
Uber is apparently testing a feature that will allow riders to record audio through the app when they feel unsafe during a ride.
There are a lot of details we don’t know about this feature yet, as Uber hasn’t said anything official about it. more
Friday, September 6, 2019
The Credit Card that Pays for Itself
Confidential Conference Planning
We would. This is just one of the many things we think about at Murray Associates.
- You can say no cell phones allowed in the meeting.
- You can prohibit brief cases and backpacks.
- You can scan participants for surveillance devices.
We would. This is just one of the many things we think about at Murray Associates.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Workplace Covert Recording on the Rise
Voice activated recorder. Easy to hide. |
Gadgets disguised as leather belts, eyeglasses, pens and USB sticks are all proving popular with employees in a country where abusive behavior by people in power is so pervasive that there is a word for it - “gabjil”...
Auto Jungbo Co.’s sales of voice recorders so far this year have doubled to 80 devices per day, Jang said as he forecast sales to also double this calendar year to 1.4 billion won. more
Kevin's Tips for Management
- Assume your discussions are being recorded.
- Before proceeding, ask if they are recording.
- Be professional. If you would not say it in a courtroom, don’t say it.
- Red Flag – When an employee tries to recreate a previous conversation with you.
- Have an independent sweep team conduct periodic due diligence debugging inspections.
Create a Workplace Recording Policy
Carrie's on-the-Lam Comment via a Leaked Recording
The embattled leader of Hong Kong was caught on a leaked audio recording reportedly saying she would “quit” if she could after causing “unforgivable havoc,” but on Tuesday reiterated that she hasn’t resigned because it would be the easy way out.
In a press conference, Carrie Lam slammed the audio, recorded during a private meeting with a group of businesspeople, saying it was “unacceptable.”
The recording was published Monday by Reuters. In it, she is heard apparently blaming herself for igniting Hong Kong’s political crisis. more
In a press conference, Carrie Lam slammed the audio, recorded during a private meeting with a group of businesspeople, saying it was “unacceptable.”
The recording was published Monday by Reuters. In it, she is heard apparently blaming herself for igniting Hong Kong’s political crisis. more
Kevin's Tips for Management
- Assume your discussions are being recorded.
- Before proceeding, ask if they are recording.
- Be professional. If you would not say it in a courtroom, don’t say it.
- Red Flag – When an employee tries to recreate a previous conversation with you.
- Have an independent sweep team conduct periodic due diligence debugging inspections.
Create a Workplace Recording Policy
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Has Your Doctor (or other Professional) Downloaded Apps With Microphone Access?
via Robinson & Cole LLP -
Linn Foster Freedman
As I always do when talking to people about their phones, I asked them to go into their privacy settings and into the microphone section and see how many apps they have downloaded that asked permission to access the microphone. How many green dots are there? Almost all of them looked up at me with wide eyes and their lips formed a big “O.”...
I am not picking on them—I do the same thing with lawyers, financial advisors and CPAs, and any other professional that has access to sensitive information.
When a professional downloads an app that allows access to the microphone, all of the conversations that you believe are private and confidential are now not private and confidential if that phone is in the room with you. more
As I always do when talking to people about their phones, I asked them to go into their privacy settings and into the microphone section and see how many apps they have downloaded that asked permission to access the microphone. How many green dots are there? Almost all of them looked up at me with wide eyes and their lips formed a big “O.”...
I am not picking on them—I do the same thing with lawyers, financial advisors and CPAs, and any other professional that has access to sensitive information.
When a professional downloads an app that allows access to the microphone, all of the conversations that you believe are private and confidential are now not private and confidential if that phone is in the room with you. more
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Cautionary Tale: Why Scheduled Bug Sweeps (TSCM) Protect You
Consider this recent event...
NY - In the annals of jaw-dropping East Hampton political miscalculation, the bugging of the town trustees office is a new low.
As indicated by an edited version now circulating, someone or multiple conspirators were able to make illegal secret recordings of conversations beginning in the early fall or perhaps earlier.
The technology and those responsible have not been discovered, but from the way the recordings and an associated partial transcript were organized there is a sense that it was aimed at particular trustees and not the nine-person board as a whole. more
Regularly scheduled TSCM inspections for electronic eavesdropping devices work. Here's why...
Typical GSM bug. Easily planted. Call it from anywhere to listen in.
NY - In the annals of jaw-dropping East Hampton political miscalculation, the bugging of the town trustees office is a new low.
As indicated by an edited version now circulating, someone or multiple conspirators were able to make illegal secret recordings of conversations beginning in the early fall or perhaps earlier.
The technology and those responsible have not been discovered, but from the way the recordings and an associated partial transcript were organized there is a sense that it was aimed at particular trustees and not the nine-person board as a whole. more
Regularly scheduled TSCM inspections for electronic eavesdropping devices work. Here's why...
- Intelligence collection is a leisurely process.
- The bugging itself is harmless.
- The harm happens after the information is collected, and is then used against you.
Typical GSM bug. Easily planted. Call it from anywhere to listen in.
Friday, May 10, 2019
The Heidi A. Bug Caper, or... The Church Lady Tapes
NY - A 50-year-old Auburn woman faces a felony charge for eavesdropping on her coworker, according to the Auburn Police Department.
Heidi A. Church is accused of hiding a recording device under a coworker’s desk and recording conversations that she was not a party to, said Auburn police Captain James Moore.
Moore said someone found the recording device under the desk and the 41-year-old man who was the victim of the eavesdropping contacted police. more
Lucky find.
Smart businesses don't depend on luck. They check.
Heidi A. Church is accused of hiding a recording device under a coworker’s desk and recording conversations that she was not a party to, said Auburn police Captain James Moore.
Moore said someone found the recording device under the desk and the 41-year-old man who was the victim of the eavesdropping contacted police. more
Lucky find.
Smart businesses don't depend on luck. They check.
Friday, May 3, 2019
California Weighs Limiting Smart Speaker 'Eavesdropping'
California is weighing whether to ban smart speakers from storing customer voice recordings by default.
The Anti-Eavesdropping Act moving through California's state legislature would require all smart speaker vendors, including Amazon and Google, to get explicit written consent from customers before voice queries are stored.
The same legislation also seeks to ban smart speaker vendors from sharing voice-recording data with a third party, unless the customer has opted into it. more
The Anti-Eavesdropping Act moving through California's state legislature would require all smart speaker vendors, including Amazon and Google, to get explicit written consent from customers before voice queries are stored.
The same legislation also seeks to ban smart speaker vendors from sharing voice-recording data with a third party, unless the customer has opted into it. more
Friday, April 26, 2019
Secret Video Surveillance in Hospital Labor and Delivery Rooms Suit
Early this month, 131 patients (and counting) of a women’s hospital in San Diego, California filed a lawsuit against the hospital after discovering that there was secret video surveillance in three labor and delivery operating rooms, recording medical procedures without patients’ consent.
Patients were recorded during Cesarean sections, birth complications, treatment after miscarriage, hysterectomies and other medical procedures from July of 2012 to July of 2013. Approximately 1,800 patients were recorded during this period. The patients are suing the hospital for invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress and unlawful recording of confidential information.
In addition to not informing the patients of the hidden cameras, the lawsuit alleges that the hospital was “grossly negligent” in its storage of the recordings. The lawsuit claims that recordings were stored on employee computers, often without password protection and that the hospital “destroyed at least half the recordings but cannot say when or how it deleted those files and cannot confirm that it took the appropriate steps to ensure the files were not otherwise recoverable.” This is not the first lawsuit against the hospital regarding the hidden cameras. more
Patients were recorded during Cesarean sections, birth complications, treatment after miscarriage, hysterectomies and other medical procedures from July of 2012 to July of 2013. Approximately 1,800 patients were recorded during this period. The patients are suing the hospital for invasion of privacy, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress and unlawful recording of confidential information.
In addition to not informing the patients of the hidden cameras, the lawsuit alleges that the hospital was “grossly negligent” in its storage of the recordings. The lawsuit claims that recordings were stored on employee computers, often without password protection and that the hospital “destroyed at least half the recordings but cannot say when or how it deleted those files and cannot confirm that it took the appropriate steps to ensure the files were not otherwise recoverable.” This is not the first lawsuit against the hospital regarding the hidden cameras. more
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Speak Like You Are Being Recorded
Michael Cohen has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to
which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded
phone call that he hadn’t evaded taxes and that a criminal charge
related to his home-equity line of credit was "a lie."
“You would think that you would have folks, you know, stepping up and
saying, ‘You know what, this guy’s lost everything,’” Mr. Cohen said
during the March 25 call, recorded without Mr. Cohen’s knowledge by the
actor and comedian Tom Arnold...
Mr. Cohen has himself surreptitiously recorded conversations. During a
raid of his home, office and hotel room in April 2018, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation seized recordings the lawyer made while talking
to journalists, political allies, and others, including Mr. Trump. more
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Student Newspaper Accused of Bugging an On-Campus Apartment
Ireland - A student newspaper accused of “bugging” an on-campus apartment in its investigation into an alleged initiation ceremony has been defended by the National Union of Journalists.
A referendum will be held in Trinity College Dublin in April about whether to strip The University Times of most of the funding it receives from the student’s union over the reporting methods used for a story on the Knights of the Campanile, an all-male sporting society.
The referendum was triggered when 500 students signed a petition calling on the student’s union to reconsider its funding. Reporters left a recording device outside the apartment of Ben Arrowsmith, a student and captain of the society. The paper reported this month that they heard “groaning, gagging and retching... more
Monday, March 25, 2019
College Student Pleads Guilty to Illegal Wiretapping
A Maryland university student has pleaded guilty to illegally wiretapping a congressional staffer and putting the conversation on Facebook Live without consent...
Prosecutors say Burdett, a 21-year-old advocate for Maryland Marijuana Justice, took part in a rally in front of Rep. Andy Harris' office in Salisbury, Maryland, in October. Then he and others met with a member of the congressman's staff in his office.
Harris' staff told the group not to record the meeting, citing office policy, but prosecutors say Burdett recorded and streamed it on Facebook Live without the staffer's consent. more
Prosecutors say Burdett, a 21-year-old advocate for Maryland Marijuana Justice, took part in a rally in front of Rep. Andy Harris' office in Salisbury, Maryland, in October. Then he and others met with a member of the congressman's staff in his office.
Harris' staff told the group not to record the meeting, citing office policy, but prosecutors say Burdett recorded and streamed it on Facebook Live without the staffer's consent. more
Sunday, December 23, 2018
"Alexa, what’s my neighbor doing?"
Alexa, what’s my neighbor doing? ‘Human error’ allows user to eavesdrop on stranger’s life.
A German Amazon customer was able to access hours of audio files from a stranger‘s Alexa device that included recordings of him in the shower thanks to a “mistake” by one of Amazon‘s human employees.
Amazon sent the customer a link that included 1,700 recordings of another man and his female companion when he asked to play back the recordings from his own Alexa voice assistant.
He reported the anomaly to Amazon, but the company did not immediately reply, except to delete the files. By then, he had already downloaded them. After weeks of no response from Amazon, the customer notified German trade c‘t, worried the company would just cover up the incident otherwise.
Using the information contained in the recordings, which included their first and last name, the name of their partner, where they lived – even audio of the person in the shower – c‘t was able to locate and the victim, who was... more
Yup, like I said two years ago. ~Kevin
A German Amazon customer was able to access hours of audio files from a stranger‘s Alexa device that included recordings of him in the shower thanks to a “mistake” by one of Amazon‘s human employees.
Amazon sent the customer a link that included 1,700 recordings of another man and his female companion when he asked to play back the recordings from his own Alexa voice assistant.
He reported the anomaly to Amazon, but the company did not immediately reply, except to delete the files. By then, he had already downloaded them. After weeks of no response from Amazon, the customer notified German trade c‘t, worried the company would just cover up the incident otherwise.
Using the information contained in the recordings, which included their first and last name, the name of their partner, where they lived – even audio of the person in the shower – c‘t was able to locate and the victim, who was... more
Yup, like I said two years ago. ~Kevin
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Government Spying... Outsourced
New Zealand - The State Services Commission delivered a damning report
into the use of companies like Thompson and Clark (Investigations Limited) to carry out
surveillance on protestors, activists and other members of the public,
as well as inappropriately close relationship between investigators and
some public servants.
The Commissioner described the way some agencies allowed some New
Zealanders to be targeted by investigators as an affront to democracy.
The report has already claimed its first casualty.
Ross Butler quit as chair of the government insurance agency Southern Response last night before his meeting with the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods.
The insurer broke its code of conduct, and possibly the law, when it used security firm Thompson and Clark to secretly record meetings of earthquake victims. more & more
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The report has already claimed its first casualty.
Ross Butler quit as chair of the government insurance agency Southern Response last night before his meeting with the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods.
The insurer broke its code of conduct, and possibly the law, when it used security firm Thompson and Clark to secretly record meetings of earthquake victims. more & more
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Federal Court Rules Cops Can't Arrest You for Secretly Filming Them
Contrary to popular belief, in many states, recording the police is a crime.
Laws in 38 states plainly allow citizens to openly film the police in public. However, there are 12 states–California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington–where wiretap laws prohibit citizens from secretly recording police. These states require “two-party consent,” which means every party must agree before they are recorded.
But in a victory against Boston’s police commissioner and district attorney, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a Massachusetts law used by Massachusetts police to target people who secretly recorded them was unconstitutional. more
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
The Implications of Recording in the Workplace
Workplace recordings have made headlines in recent weeks. For example, Omarosa Manigault-Newman publicly played a recording of a meeting with her then-boss, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, to bolster her claim that he threatened her during the meeting.
White House officials quickly fired back that the recording was a breach of protocol and possibly illegal.
Given the controversies in the news, employers might be wondering when recording is legal and what policies they can lawfully implement on recording in the workplace.
Although recordings can be useful to resolve disputed facts about a conversation, surreptitious recording in the workplace can create both legal and business risks for employers. Both employers and employees may violate state and federal wiretap laws by recording without consent. Even with consent, employers should hesitate before taping employees, because pervasive surveillance in the workplace can put workers on edge and damage their morale.
Similarly, employee recording may discomfit employees and customers, and put the employer’s confidential information at risk. Some employers respond to these risks by outright prohibiting recording in the workplace. more
White House officials quickly fired back that the recording was a breach of protocol and possibly illegal.
Given the controversies in the news, employers might be wondering when recording is legal and what policies they can lawfully implement on recording in the workplace.
Although recordings can be useful to resolve disputed facts about a conversation, surreptitious recording in the workplace can create both legal and business risks for employers. Both employers and employees may violate state and federal wiretap laws by recording without consent. Even with consent, employers should hesitate before taping employees, because pervasive surveillance in the workplace can put workers on edge and damage their morale.
Similarly, employee recording may discomfit employees and customers, and put the employer’s confidential information at risk. Some employers respond to these risks by outright prohibiting recording in the workplace. more
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The Kid is Recording with His Cell Phone - Quick, Call the Cops!
A sad Middle School Civics Lesson...
One of Illinois' most-abused laws continues to be abused. For years, cops used the state's eavesdropping laws to arrest citizens who attempted to record them. This practice finally stopped when three consecutive courts -- including a federal appeals court -- ruled the law was unconstitutional when applied to target citizens recording public servants.
This may have led to the end of bullshit arrests from cops who didn't like being observed while they worked, but it's still being used by government officials to punish people they don't like. Illinois Policy reports a 13-year-old student is facing felony charges for recording a meeting between him and two school administrators.
For a 13-year-old, this is a huge problem. This places his recording of his conversation with school officials on the same level as aggravated assault and stalking. It comes with a minimum prison sentence of one year. more
Murray's Surreptitious Workplace Recording — and what to do about it
One of Illinois' most-abused laws continues to be abused. For years, cops used the state's eavesdropping laws to arrest citizens who attempted to record them. This practice finally stopped when three consecutive courts -- including a federal appeals court -- ruled the law was unconstitutional when applied to target citizens recording public servants.
This may have led to the end of bullshit arrests from cops who didn't like being observed while they worked, but it's still being used by government officials to punish people they don't like. Illinois Policy reports a 13-year-old student is facing felony charges for recording a meeting between him and two school administrators.
On Feb. 16, 2018, [Paul] Boron was called to the principal’s office at Manteno Middle School after failing to attend a number of detentions. Before meeting Principal David Conrad and Assistant Principal Nathan Short, he began recording audio on his cellphone.Principal Conrad sure knows his local statutes. He turned Boron in to law enforcement, which apparently decided to go ahead and process the paperwork, rather than tell Conrad to stop acting like a child. This led to prosecutors being just as unwilling to be the adults in the room.
Boron said he argued with Conrad and Short for approximately 10 minutes in the reception area of the school secretary’s office, with the door open to the hallway. When Boron told Conrad and Short he was recording, Conrad allegedly told Boron he was committing a felony and promptly ended the conversation.
For a 13-year-old, this is a huge problem. This places his recording of his conversation with school officials on the same level as aggravated assault and stalking. It comes with a minimum prison sentence of one year. more
Murray's Surreptitious Workplace Recording — and what to do about it
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Secretly Recording a Witness Gets Two Arrested
NH - Two Tolles Street residents were arrested Monday morning, charged with
secretly recording a witness’ private conversation from a previous
investigation, police said.
The charges stem from Aug. 3, 2017, when members of the Special Investigations Division learned a witness's private conversation from a previous investigation involving Bellino and Madison may have been recorded without the witness's consent.
Zachary Madison, 27, was charged with wiretapping, a Class B felony, Brittney Bellino, 25, was charged with conspiracy to commit wiretapping during their arrest about 9:40 a.m. Both charges are Class B felonies. more
The charges stem from Aug. 3, 2017, when members of the Special Investigations Division learned a witness's private conversation from a previous investigation involving Bellino and Madison may have been recorded without the witness's consent.
Zachary Madison, 27, was charged with wiretapping, a Class B felony, Brittney Bellino, 25, was charged with conspiracy to commit wiretapping during their arrest about 9:40 a.m. Both charges are Class B felonies. more
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