Investor Stewart Alsop laments: every tech bro now records your conversation without consent
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-11-14
Investor Stewart Alsop III says he has to update his model: any tech bro you meet may be recording the conversation without consent. After 10 years of always asking permission to record, he calls it a sad day — 'no honor anymore, only thieves' — hoping honor returns or tools get better at blocking stealth recording. A telling anecdote on how always-on AI recording tools are eroding social norms in tech.
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