- cross-posted to:
- privacyguides@lemmy.one
- cross-posted to:
- privacyguides@lemmy.one
But this policy may struggle to address the camera problem at large, as the company has already required hosts to disclose the indoor cameras, and guests have sometimes reported hidden and undisclosed cameras.
The new rules also require hosts to disclose to guests whether they are using noise decibel monitors or outdoor cameras before guests book.
“This just emphasizes the fact that surveillance always gives a huge amount of power to whoever controls the camera system,” says Fox Cahn. “When it’s used in a property you’re renting, whether it’s a landlord or an Airbnb, it’s ripe for abuse.”
That’s comparing apples and oranges, hotels that have common dining areas (like houses) are allowed to have cameras there.
Yeah a hotel you have the expectation of privacy everywhere in your suite, as well as full access. With Airbnb you aren’t renting a hotel room, you’re entering someone else’s home who they are letting you stay there. There should only be the expectation of privacy in secluded rooms, there is also places you can’t access, not the same case as hotel suites. Think more like hostels, or anything else that’s comparable.
Private hotel suites, obviously not the same thing mate.
I forgot you can Airbnb a room in someone’s house. That’s weird AF to me. Cameras in “non-room” areas, in that case, seem less privacy invasive. But that whole set up is weird.