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One could safely assume that such a tool would likely be illegal in the EU, anyways, since that’s rather a lot of data collection activity to expose a homeowner to.
They claim on the website that their product is GDPR compliant. They aren't collecting any personally identifiable data.
The nice thing of intrusive sensors that sense things that are not sensed by your usual senses, like this, is that it's easy to saturate them while faking innocence. I.e., set up your laptop so that it does many scans and/or associations to the local WiFi, and then some light internet activity (the usual suspects: WhatsApp, Facebook, etc). The detector triggers, the landlord shows up to check what's going on, you sho…
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why turn off the phone? Just disable wifi???
Disabling WiFi on many phones doesn't actually disable wifi scanning - shopping centres use this to track recurring visits
So what happens if I'm a tech nerd that has so many devices that I bring with me? Laptop, phone, tablet, streaming device, second phone because gotta keep work/life separate, and then spouse's phone, tablet, then 2.5 kids worth of tablets. Based on device count alone, we're partying like it's 1999.
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This isn't a landlord / tenant device. It's for AirBnB hosts.
¿Porque no los dos?
Pretty sure I saw a couple of party detection devices shown on some netflix airBnb creators show like 8(?) years ago. (show had a firehouse in DC revamp, then another episode with a california(?) 70's pad with 70s furniture, decor, pool.. definitely the kind of place you may want to party, yet the owners were hesitant to list it if they could not prevent that... I believe they used a combination of sound dB meters an…
Carbon dioxide* detectors, people don’t produce carbon monoxide
> Carbon dioxide* detectors, people don’t produce carbon monoxide
Wouldn't smokers produce carbon monoxide when they smoked? That might be something they'd be legitimately interested in.
why are Landlords like this?
Parties don’t maximize profit. No fun is an externality of short-term rental apps.
I mean, having your neighbor's place all the sudden turn into an unauthorized hotel is annoying enough, but it's be even worse if the hotel guests are also throwing parties. It seems like this devices is actually a conscientious way to try to limit those negative externalities.
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¿Porque no los dos?
There’s no reason for a landlord to get one of these since they aren’t allowed to stop people from having parties and even tracking this could be a violation of rental laws in most countries.