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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 14 2019, @07:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the big-issue dept.

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.

Related:
How to Scan Your Airbnb for Hidden Cameras
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]


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Monday April 15 2019, @07:53AM

    by sjames (2882) on Monday April 15 2019, @07:53AM (#829729) Journal

    Some may risk the liability, but all it would take is one young person walking nude through the living room to make the criminal liability HUGE unless there was clear and complete disclosure. That's an awfully big liability to leave to a judge and jury making a reasonable expectation determination.

    Of course, by the same token, I would not reserve any place that had cameras within the rented space.

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