[malkuth23]

It is definitely not legal to setup hidden cameras anywhere that would be private inside your Airbnb.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/108/s1301/text

Also, Airbnb asks you if there are any cameras in any place on your property and it is a violation to have cameras even on your front porch without acknowledging them.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it is definitely not legal. It also happens in hotels on occasion and not always with the managements knowledge.

[smt88]

It's legal. Airbnb didn't (doesn't?) forbid it![1] They aren't even courageous enough to do that much.

> has the intent to capture an image of a private area of an individual without their consent

This law is basically forbidding voyeur porn.

A host could install a "security" camera in a living room. For a studio apartment, that would also be a bedroom. That's completely legal. Perhaps the camera is installed, but it's "not turned on". All legal.

But once the landlord steps across the line by turning the camera on, publishing videos, etc., the law is broken, but it's already too late.

1. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/airbnb-you-might-be-ca...

[malkuth23]

Airbnb policy (and the law) forbids putting a camera in private spaces. If you are renting a room in a house that has shared public spaces, the host could put a camera in the kitchen for example, but it has to be disclosed (there is a place to do this on the description section of the website). This is comparable to a hotel having cameras in the lobby, elevator and hallway, but not in your hotel room.

[smt88]

It's not at all like cameras in a hotel lobby because I can't rent a hotel lobby. Airbnb guests expect privacy throughout the home when they rent the whole thing.

When you have a whole-home Airbnb, you may do private things in the living room or kitchen. For many people, a video of them watching a movie with a homosexual partner is dangerous because of the laws in their country.