Just my opinion, but in personal relationships, including intimate ones, work related ones, T's, etc., it just seems to me that if the relationship has deteriorated to the point where you need to record conversations without asking permission from the person being recorded, that is a Big Red Flag that perhaps you should fly out of that relationship as fast as your legs and head can take you. I think there is just basic human decency involved here, or the lack thereof, when recordings are made without at least asking whether it's okay. It just seems to me that if you know you will need to record something for "protection", then maybe you should just avoid being there so you don't have to actually experience what you supposedly need to be protected from.

Anne