{"id":23991,"date":"2019-01-18T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=23991"},"modified":"2019-01-18T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:50:03","slug":"airbnb-and-security-camera-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/18\/airbnb-and-security-camera-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb and Security Camera Disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeffrey P. Bigham<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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When my family and I stayed in an AirBnB this past winter break, we discovered this camera and another about a day into our stay. I was shocked, and immediately unplugged them. I don’t think we did anything particularly weird in front of that camera, but it’s very likely that my 2-year-old ran in front of this camera naked (the field of view of the camera was close to the exit of the bathroom).<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

A lot of other weird stuff happened during this trip stemming from this -- AirBnB told my host we asked about the cameras, he sent someone to snoop on us, he left us a bad review, etc. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Airbnb has re-re-re-reviewed my case, and now they agree that the cameras were not properly disclosed. Their position seems to be that the customer service representative(s) did not understand my concern, and\/or they gave inaccurate information. While the reps I talked to before today repeatedly said that photo constituted disclosure, the senior person who reviewed the case says that it does not. 🤷<\/p>\n

You can review Airbnb’s trust standards<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n