Blocking someone from recording you involves a mix of technical settings, legal awareness, and physical actions, focusing on using encrypted apps like Signal for calls, managing phone permissions, using white noise, and knowing your local consent laws for recording conversations.
Yes, you may be able to sue someone for recording you without your permission, especially if the recording happened in a private setting where you had a reasonable expectation of privacy. Whether the recording was legal depends on factors like consent laws, the nature of the conversation, and how the recording is used.
If someone is doing this without your consent, you need to call the police and advise them of the situation or consider hiring a third-party company, to try and sweep the home and see if any recording devices can be found. Lawyer: Alex, Esq.
You can't prevent someone from turning on call recording, but you can stop it by ending the call.
Assuming you are talking about the US, you can legally stop them from filming you if you are not in a public space. For example, if you are within your own home, you can demand that someone filming stop, or leave, or both.
Ask whoever made the recording to delete it immediately, preferably in your presence. If they refuse, you may need to consider legal action.
If an AI version of you is used without permission — whether it's in a video, ad, song, or social media post — you have the right to take action, including issuing demands or filing a lawsuit to stop the action that's causing you harm and likely diluting your brand reputation and value.
On an iPhone, dialing *#21# is a USSD code used to check the status of your unconditional call forwarding, revealing if your calls, SMS, or data are being redirected and to which number, without actually changing settings; it's a simple privacy check to see if someone has secretly set your phone to forward everything, though it doesn't detect advanced spyware. Dialing this code brings up a message from your carrier about your call forwarding status, often showing "Disabled" or a specific number if it's active.
General prohibition: Under the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW), it is illegal to record a private conversation without the consent of all parties involved, unless an exception applies.
To block a listening device that uses a battery, replace the batteries with dead batteries. To block a listening device that is mains powered, unplug it. One other solution you may see being sold is the ultrasonic microphone jammer.
Dial *#62# to see if any call forwarding is active on your iPhone. Check for a call forwarding number. Dial *#67# to see where your calls are being forwarded or redirected without your knowledge.
Call barring allows you to block certain types of incoming or outgoing calls. Dialing *#33# displays your device's current call barring status. If you're receiving excessive spam calls, enabling call barring can help prevent unwanted calls, including those from potential hackers.
Thankfully, there are a few ways to tell if a room is bugged. Many spying devices have small LED lights on them, so you may be able to detect them by turning off all the lights and looking around. You can also tell if a room is bugged by listening carefully, as some devices give off a hum, buzz, or clicking sound.
Call Recording is on by default, but you can turn it off.
In most of the U.S., only one person in the conversation needs to know the call is being recorded. However, several states require the person recording to get permission from everyone involved first.
We worked with the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative on this list of things you can do and organizations you can reach out to for support and advice.
Using AI to write a book isn't illegal—but the legal protections are limited unless you put in the work yourself. AI is a tool, not a co-author. If you want lasting ownership of your creative work, your human input is what makes it legally yours.
Some outputs of AI programs might infringe copyrights in other works they resemble that were used to train the AI. Copyright owners may be able to establish that such outputs infringe their copyrights if the AI program both (1) had access to their works and (2) created "substantially similar" outputs.
Recording someone without consent can be illegal depending on location and context: in private spaces it likely violates privacy laws, while public spaces generally allow recording unless it constitutes harassment.
If someone recorded you without permission, here are your immediate options:
The bottom line on recording in public
The First Amendment protects freedoms of speech and of the press, which generally includes the right to gather information such as through recording. And in public, people cannot expect privacy.
##002# cancels all forwarding on many GSM networks worldwide. Dial ##002# and press call. You'll usually hear a confirmation message.