爱彼迎又曝偷拍丑闻,摄像头正对床位!住民宿如何防偷窥
因为超级飓风“艾尔玛”袭击佛罗里达州,德瑞克•斯塔恩斯(Derek Starnes)和妻子撤离在杰克逊维尔的家,并通过爱彼迎租了间房子,没想到却发现卧室的烟雾探测器里藏了针孔摄像头。斯塔恩斯对美国广播公司表示: He noticed a small black hole in the master bedroom's smoke detector. He took the device down and realized that the hole was actually a camera lens pointing right at the bed, and feeding video onto an SD card hidden inside. 斯塔恩斯随即报警。警方负责人鲍勃•布尔克(Bob Bourque)称,已经查封了“计算机存储设备、硬盘、电脑、笔记本电脑记忆卡等所有能存储数据的东西(computer storage data devices, hard drives, computers, laptops SD cards anything that would store data)”。 The condo's owner, Wayne Natt, has been an Airbnb host for two years, and has more than 40 renter reviews. He has since been arrested and charged with video voyeurism.
“We are outraged at the reports of what happened; as soon as we were made aware, we permanently banned this individual from our community and fully supported the affected guests. Our team has reached out to local law enforcement to aid them with their investigation of this egregious offense and we hope justice is served. We take privacy issues extremely seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy against this behavior.” 事实上,这已经不是爱彼迎第一次爆出类似丑闻。早在2015年就有外国媒体报道称,一名德国女子声称,她在通过爱彼迎预订的民宿中发现了隐藏摄像头。 而这样的事件国内也出现过。一名网友在某社交平台上发帖称,今年2月1日,自己与男友在爱彼迎上预订了高雄的一间民宿,并于2月2日晚正式入住。入住当晚,她发现民宿卫生间和卧室的烟雾探测器里藏有针孔摄像头。随后该网友离开民宿并报警,高雄当地警方介入调查。 虽然爱彼迎也曾更新过相关管理细则,明文规定房东必须完全关闭所有监控设备,如有必须要安装监控的地方,应确保租户对此知情,但这些条文似乎并没能遏制住偷拍乱象。 如何防范偷窥摄像头?
那么为了防范此类事件,租客们究竟可以做些什么?除了用肉眼仔细检查屋内的每个角落,我们总结了几种更有效的方法: 1. 寻找镜头反光 工具:手电筒、激光棒、空心卷筒 A simple way to spot most types of cameras is to look for the lens reflection. This requires turning off the lights and slowly scanning the room with a flashlight, or laser pointer, looking for bright reflections. It works even better if you’re looking through something like an empty roll of toilet paper because it narrows your focus.
工具:摄像头探测器、射频检测器 There are gadgets on the market that are geared specifically toward lens detection, like the BrickHouse Security Mini Hidden Camera Detector. It uses flashing red LEDs for better detection.
工具:无线网络用户查看软件 If you can connect to the rental’s wireless network, a free program like Wireless Network Watcher shows what gadgets are connected. You might be able to spot connected cameras. Just be aware that the owner might have put the cameras on a second network, or they could be wired or record-only types. |