This just happened to me and I am a little shook. Very weird. I was talking to my friend in NYC and randomly this voice came on the line saying “this call is being recorded”

He heard it as well. We both have iPhones and were just talking over the PSTN. Wtf

  • spiderman@ani.social
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    7 months ago

    This usually happens when the person you call is trying to record the call using Google’s “phone” app.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, sounds like a phone call recording app that is allowed to operate on the App Store under the condition that the recording is loudly announced.

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      7 months ago

      Oh god, I really hope my phone doesn’t do that when it records. The recording button is on the screen during calls and I accidentally hit it all the time.

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    7 months ago

    Not part way through a phone call. Only as part of the initial call setup or part of the on hold loop.

    If it has only happened once then it might be your call was routed a weird way around the phone network.

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    7 months ago

    Your friend is a mole from the FBI trying to find out what time your smuggled shipment is arriving at the docks. Just make sure to take plenty of muscle with you and you’ll be fine. First sign of Batman get out of there.

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    7 months ago

    That’s pretty creepy. I had computer voices asking me whether I agree to being recorded for training purposes when calling customer support and the likes. But never during a private call.

    Maybe contact/write to your provider or something?