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Airbnb bans all indoor security cameras (www.npr.org)

submitted 7 months ago by flumph@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] OofN@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For fucks sake, right?? How is this just happening?

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

Up until now, AirBnB was more concerned about upsetting their providers. Now that local governments are starting to crack down, AirBnB now is more worried about staying in business. Especially if they end up on the losing end of multiple privacy lawsuits.