What are 'covert listening devices'?
You can put covert listening devices in buildings as long as the public is notified. And a lot of times, it happens all the time, every day, both video and audio. You'll notice that when you came into this premises here, there was a sign that said, "Warning: All activities on these premises are video and audio recorded." You know how many people read that sign? Zip. But as long as it's posted, it's legal. So, a lot of companies, what they'll do, is when you hire an employee and you give them their employee package and they go sign here, sign here, sign here. On one of those pages will be "This company monitors all telephone conversations and has employed use of listening devices and video surveillance to protect their interests and by coming to work here you have waived your right to privacy" blah blah blah. That's perfectly legal. Most people never think about it. The average person on the street is videotaped and listened to hundreds of times a day just going through his daily life. Going to the supermarket to go shopping, you're on tape the entire time you're there. You're in the parking lot, you're on tape. You go to the gas station, you're on tape. It's just the way life is today. But everyone of those require some kind of notice, and it's usually a sign people totally ignore, but it's there.
