{"id":668,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T01:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:10:36","slug":"hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Cameras Found At Airbnb Rental Rooms In Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A couple from Hangzhou city found two hidden cameras inside the Airbnb Taiwan house they were staying in earlier this year, and Airbnb apologized on Friday through its official Weibo account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A couple from Hangzhou city found two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">hidden cameras<\/a> inside the Airbnb Taiwan house they were staying in earlier this year, and Airbnb apologized on Friday through its official Weibo account.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/#Photo_newscgtncom\" title=\"Photo: news.cgtn.com\">Photo: news.cgtn.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/#Photo_nextsharkcom\" title=\"Photo: nextshark.com\">Photo: nextshark.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/#Photo_newscgtncom-2\" title=\"Photo: news.cgtn.com\">Photo: news.cgtn.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/#Screenshot_of_Airbnbs_Weibo_account\" title=\"Screenshot of Airbnb&#8217;s Weibo account\">Screenshot of Airbnb&#8217;s Weibo account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/hidden-cameras-found-at-airbnb-rental-rooms-in-taiwan\/#Photo_thejakartapostcom\" title=\"Photo: thejakartapost.com\">Photo: thejakartapost.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_newscgtncom\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fg261CMPESFlQeBvuVVy6XcpNote?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"taiwannews.com.tw.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"851\" title=\"\">Photo: <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/news\/\" title=\"View all posts in news\" >news<\/a>.cgtn.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It\u2019s said that the couple booked the room online for a trip in the city of Kaosiung, and the man spotted a spy camera disguised as a fire detector flashing light in the bathroom on the night they arrived in. Later on, the couple found another hidden camera inside the fire detector in the bedroom.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_nextsharkcom\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtLtgaz-Ns7Lrsfo0mhHugLTICVI?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"taiwannews.com.tw1.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"394.63\" title=\"\">Photo: nextshark.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>They took the matter to police right away, and the local police department said the devices captured footages of the couple watching TV in bed and the guy taking a bath.<\/p>\n<p>Airbnb finally responded to the controversy last Friday, by posting a statement on its official Weibo account and apologizing for the privacy infringements among customers. The house owner in the case has been removed from their community. \u00a0Airbnb \u00a0upholding the company\u2019s zero-tolerance policy will also provide a full refund to the couple.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_newscgtncom-2\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fh7VSPe8xd5btJ2JypSly2bN2SDF?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"783.37\" title=\"\">Photo: news.cgtn.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>However, the couple said they haven\u2019t received any contact from the company, according to Beijing Youth Daily. They also took legal proceedings against the responsible house owner, but there\u2019s no respond either.<\/p>\n<p>The local police department said the case was under investigation and confirmed that a final hearing will be held next Friday.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Screenshot_of_Airbnbs_Weibo_account\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqUxHy-vXOBkuL_qpkWRplZWPMU3?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"283\" title=\"\">Screenshot of Airbnb&#8217;s Weibo account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is not the first such case. A Korean couple <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/travel\/\" title=\"View all posts in travel\" >travel<\/a>ling to Japan also found a hidden camera installed in the \u00a0Airbnb house they rented in July.<\/p>\n<p>The business models of the emerging sharing economy like Airbnb, are supposed to be based on trust; however, the simple concept has always been challenged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmyhbB_lfV8V42rDPAWG4u3hoT1J?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"thejakartapost.com3.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_thejakartapostcom\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsSz8Vbh-92Cr7Ohf9gagkq2cH7f?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"thejakartapost.com2.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"359\" title=\"\">Photo: thejakartapost.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC QR.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"640\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple from Hangzhou city found two hidden cameras inside the Airbnb Taiwan house they were staying in earlier this year, and Airbnb apologized on Friday through its official Weibo &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[60,306,29,27,214],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-hiredchina","tag-jobs","tag-news","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10098,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/10098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}