family-finds-hidden-camera-in-airbnb-smoke-alarm
A New Zealand family was shocked to find a camera hidden in the smoke alarm of their Airbnb during a vacation in Ireland, which the father of the clan discovered as he was connecting his cell phone to the Wi-Fi.
[...] "He scanned that device's ports and found the live video feed. We were all watching ourselves on his mobile phone," Barker said of the horrifying find. The camera offered a view of the living room, dining and kitchen area.
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Should we be searching for hidden spy cameras in Airbnbs and hotels?
[This seems to be an ongoing issue for Airbnb. Have other Soylentils used the platform, and if so have you found hidden monitoring devices? - Ed]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 14 2019, @09:27PM
On the other hand how often do you think they check their hotel rooms really? If I installed a camera in a smoke detector or vent in a hotel room I'm fairly sure it would actually be there for quite a while.