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Re:Phone conversations with law enforcement can be recorded ... by kristofferR on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @08:12AM (#40050995)
May is a synonym for can. "May/can I use the bathroom?"

So they are giving you explicit permission to record the call if they say the call may be recorded.

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Re:Phone conversations with law enforcement can be recorded ... by kwhitefoot on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @08:55AM (#40051305)
No it isn't.

May is about permission or likelihood. Can is about capability. A telephone call can be recorded even if it may not be recorded. That is the recording apparatus exists and is connected needing only the signal to start recording but permission is not forthcoming.

It is only in colloquial speech that the two are equivalent.

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