Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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• RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But now, hosts can’t use indoor security cameras at all. The change comes after numerous reports of guests finding hidden cameras within their rental, leading some vacation-goers to scan their rooms for cameras.

  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?

  Airbnb says it will investigate and that it could remove the host’s listing or account as a result.

  So in effect unlikely they will remove a host that gets enough guests to lead to good profit for airbnb.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • maynarkh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I guess if the guests tear off the cameras, they can’t recover money from them through AirBnB?

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  • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• Gork@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why the hell was it even allowed in the first place? I wouldn’t want nor expect cameras in ordinary hotel rooms.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    An Airbnb is anything but an ordinary hotel room.

    This comment is neither for or against Airbnb so dont

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Welcome to Lemmy, where people are ready to go full purge over things that will never happen to them

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