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.”

    • @MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      “Sharing your home”

      Yea, I think no one is complaining about those types of airbnb hosts. It’s the ones who want to run them like a hotel with the guest themselves as staff.

      I almost always hear complaints the other way around: guests complaining about bad hosts, not hosts complaining about bad guests, unless it’s the entitled ones whining their guest didn’t wash the linens and make the bed…

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      33 months ago

      I’m at a loss to explain why online I only hear about these terrible experiences.

      Happy customers don’t write about their glorious experience with Airbnb. You only hear about the ones that make the news or the courts.

      Then multiply the relatively small fraction of issues against 400 million nights per year booked with Airbnb and it’s easy to think that every booking is a nightmare.

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      Wow what a totally not biased at all opinion lol