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Ha, well having to disclose that there are cameras around didn't seem to stop them so far. How does banning this practise do anything? If people want to hide cameras they still will do so. Will airbnb now follow this up more drastically?
So in effect unlikely they will remove a host that gets enough guests to lead to good profit for airbnb.
It's just a CYA, move. Now they can point to their policy to show they aren't liable because it's against the ToS.
I guess if the guests tear off the cameras, they can't recover money from them through AirBnB?
Plausible deniability. If ABnB allows cameras in common areas, customers probably agree to that possibly in the ToS. So if they find one, the legal questions get wrapped up in "what is the definition of hidden according to the contract language." But if cameras are banned outright, it's much more clear where any legal or civil liability falls, and finding a hidden camera becomes a legit legal problem for the host.