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The fact that AirBnB even allows recording inside of the rented appartments is utterly mind-boggling to me. I always assumed they'd ban recording or guests outright. Your home (even a temporarily rented one) is pretty much the primary place where you should expect complete privacy at all times.

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Agreed. Even if I choose to have recording devices in my home, and then rent out on a temporary basis, it would be trivial for me to take them down before renting it out. Plus, I have the financial incentive to do so.

Allowing hosts to have cameras inside the rented space, regardless of recording state, seems like a bad policy indeed.

The only "legitimate" reason a host would want active cameras in the home is for protection against bad guests. This belies AirBnB's supposed "host guarantee" which should prevent this concern in the first place.

It doesn't make sense. This is begging to blow up. I predict it does and AirBnB bans in-home cameras with a threat of removal if found in violation.

People would never put up with this in hotels. Terrible policy by AirBnB.

Not the kind of news you want swarming around your profitability announcement. I can tell you which one local news is going to broadcast.

I am stunned that this is legal in the US. It would surprise me if this is legal in most countries in western Europe. Anyone?

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