Why the hell was it even allowed in the first place? I wouldn’t want nor expect cameras in ordinary hotel rooms.
Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras
Submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/11/24097107/airbnb-indoor-security-camera-ban
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Gork@lemm.ee 7 months ago
GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 months ago
An Airbnb is anything but an ordinary hotel room.
This comment is neither for or against Airbnb so dont
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I remember getting an AirBNB, and I think it was disclosed that the host had indoor cameras watching the entry doors for security reasons. The host had set them on the opposite sides of all the main rooms of the house so that he could “see” the door on the opposite side of the living space.
Mango@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tbh, if I found cameras spying on me like that, I’d probably feel justified to track down the owner and shoot them. Zero sympathy.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 7 months ago
[deleted]GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Welcome to Lemmy, where people are ready to go full purge over things that will never happen to them
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Ha, well having to disclose that there are cameras around didn’t seem to stop them so far. How does banning this practise do anything? If people want to hide cameras they still will do so. Will airbnb now follow this up more drastically?
So in effect unlikely they will remove a host that gets enough guests to lead to good profit for airbnb.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 7 months ago
It’s just a CYA, move. Now they can point to their policy to show they aren’t liable because it’s against the ToS.
maynarkh@feddit.nl 7 months ago
I guess if the guests tear off the cameras, they can’t recover money from them through AirBnB?
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Plausible deniability. If ABnB allows cameras in common areas, customers probably agree to that possibly in the ToS. So if they find one, the legal questions get wrapped up in “what is the definition of hidden according to the contract language.” But if cameras are banned outright, it’s much more clear where any legal or civil liability falls, and finding a hidden camera becomes a legit legal problem for the host.