oc'ing in micro center in radnor pa

[350CI]

just left this place oc'ing and all went well, no stares or shelves falling over. I even sat and played with that gorgeous macbook pro that i want so bad.

Overall this is my 1st time oc'ing in Micro center and ofcourse i started my "urecorder" app on my iphone before i stepped out of the car so if anything would have been said then it would have been recorded...

[lprgcFrank]

I've OC'd there many times without any issues.

[em2b96p]

hmm not too sure about that recording you were doing with your iphone....

[Elmar]

Been there OC over a dozen times - never any issues.

[BimmerJon]

Carried in there before

Be careful with recording people like that.
It can be a felony. You can't record people without their consent
in many situations

[uniballin]

GJ committing a felony.

[zackattack784]

hmm not too sure about that recording you were doing with your iphone....

Carried in there before

Be careful with recording people like that.
It can be a felony. You can't record people without their consent
in many situations

GJ committing a felony.

Since when do you have an expectation of privacy in a public place?

[vicious]

The PA wiretapping law does not cover oral communications when the speakers do not have an "expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation."

Basically, you're just fine recording in a public place where anyone could overhear what you are talking about anyway. Common sense is a perfectly reasonable substitute for knowing the letter of the law in this case.

[BimmerJon]

Since when do you have an expectation of privacy in a public place?

You certainly can.
Roll your eyes all you want, when you're done... Learn the law

[zackattack784]

You certainly can.
Roll your eyes all you want, when you're done... Learn the law

I suggest you research the law first rather than making snarky remarks about how you're right and I'm wrong.

Saying what the OP did is a felony is as foolish as saying any conversation held in a public place is not subject to PA's wiretapping law. While it is true that some conversations held in public may have some expectation of privacy, to make a blanket statement that recording all conversations in public is a felony is absurd.

Vicious summed it up quite nicely imo. It just so happens he's also the only one to actually post any snippet of a law .