monkdiscuss merlyn I thought the generally-agreed-upon timelimit for publicly available CB logs is one hour. And now I see that [id://194920] has [id://355098|extended this to 24 hours]. Has there been a change in consensus? <p> The point of the CB is to talk to the people that happen to be around. I object to my conversations being recorded for the permanent record, given that such statements might be taken out of context. Yes, I have this as a personal beef, since my statements taken out of context during an interrogation [http://www.lightlink.com/fors/|helped make me a felon]. <p> Please, let us confirm that the CB is ephemeral, and <b>not</b> to be recorded. <div class="pmsig"> <div class="pmsig-9073"> <p>-- [http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/|Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker] <br> Be sure to read [id://205373|my standard disclaimer] if this is a reply.</p> </div></div> <hr> <b>update:</b> Also, keep in mind that [http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/04/13/1356216.shtml|recording the chat conversation of anyone in New Hampshire without notification is illegal].