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I think the implication was that some asshole can obtain photos of you sleeping by opening the curtains and switching on the lights in the middle of the night.

by Kliment 11y ago

I think the implication was that some asshole can obtain photos of you sleeping by opening the curtains and switching on the lights in the middle of the night. A nuisance, sure, but also a massive violation of privacy.

Biganon 11y ago
You'd need to access the balcony first, assuming there's one. Why would you think of that first?
- eric_h 11y ago
  > You'd need to access the balcony Or a camera equipped drone.
  - pidg 11y ago
    This is starting to sound like the plot of an NCIS episode.
    - syntheticnature 11y ago
      Or CSI: Cyber, except they need to add something brain-breakingly wrong to those of us in the know for that.
      - noir_lord 11y ago
        "I've got RED CODE!!!" - Queue hacking montage. It made Tron look technically accurate.
- hamburglar 11y ago
  Don't worry, this hotel also has a modbus-controlled window washer's crane on the same network.
- Jemmeh 11y ago
  I would say most hotels have a first floor with rooms. I was at one recently where the "balcony" was connected by a small path to the pool, so it was purposefully easy to access.
larrik 11y ago
I didn't get that implication at all, that's some creepy stuff there.
- knodi123 11y ago
  Wait, doesn't everybody think about the voyeuristic implications of any new technology?
forgetsusername 11y ago
>the implication was that some asshole can obtain photos of you sleeping by opening the curtains and switching on the lights in the middle of the night. So, somebody is going to set up shop across the way, in what is probably another commercial building, commit a couple of crimes, all to take a picture of some random, likely unidentifiable person sleeping in a hotel bed? Personally, I'm not very worried about that. I mean, it's not like there aren't easier attack vectors for creeping on people in hotel rooms if you were so inclined.
- na85 11y ago
  How about setting up shop next door to get pics of $random_politician getting a blowjob for blackmail material?
  - protomyth 11y ago
    Or taking a shot at the clearly surprised and now well lit individual.
    - throweway 11y ago
      That would be hard to swallow
- uptown 11y ago
  You or I, probably not. But just this week Erin Andrews won a $55 million legal case where somebody had intentionally booked a room next-door to her hotel room, then modified the peephole to her room, in order to film her naked. Certainly, there's people intent on prying into the private lives of others.
- AJ007 11y ago
  Pretty big deal if you are not protecting your customer's privacy http://abcnews.go.com/US/erin-andrews-jury-set-deliberate-75-million-lawsuit/story?id=37460110 http://abcnews.go.com/US/erin-andrews-jury-set-deliberate-75...
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by Kliment 11y ago

Biganon 11y ago

You'd need to access the balcony first, assuming there's one. Why would you think of that first?

eric_h 11y ago
> You'd need to access the balcony Or a camera equipped drone.
- pidg 11y ago
  This is starting to sound like the plot of an NCIS episode.
  - syntheticnature 11y ago
    Or CSI: Cyber, except they need to add something brain-breakingly wrong to those of us in the know for that.
    - noir_lord 11y ago
      "I've got RED CODE!!!" - Queue hacking montage. It made Tron look technically accurate.
hamburglar 11y ago
Don't worry, this hotel also has a modbus-controlled window washer's crane on the same network.
Jemmeh 11y ago
I would say most hotels have a first floor with rooms. I was at one recently where the "balcony" was connected by a small path to the pool, so it was purposefully easy to access.

larrik 11y ago

I didn't get that implication at all, that's some creepy stuff there.

knodi123 11y ago
Wait, doesn't everybody think about the voyeuristic implications of any new technology?

forgetsusername 11y ago

>the implication was that some asshole can obtain photos of you sleeping by opening the curtains and switching on the lights in the middle of the night. So, somebody is going to set up shop across the way, in what is probably another commercial building, commit a couple of crimes, all to take a picture of some random, likely unidentifiable person sleeping in a hotel bed? Personally, I'm not very worried about that. I mean, it's not like there aren't easier attack vectors for creeping on people in hotel rooms if you were so inclined.

na85 11y ago
How about setting up shop next door to get pics of $random_politician getting a blowjob for blackmail material?
- protomyth 11y ago
  Or taking a shot at the clearly surprised and now well lit individual.
  - throweway 11y ago
    That would be hard to swallow
uptown 11y ago
You or I, probably not. But just this week Erin Andrews won a $55 million legal case where somebody had intentionally booked a room next-door to her hotel room, then modified the peephole to her room, in order to film her naked. Certainly, there's people intent on prying into the private lives of others.
AJ007 11y ago
Pretty big deal if you are not protecting your customer's privacy http://abcnews.go.com/US/erin-andrews-jury-set-deliberate-75-million-lawsuit/story?id=37460110 http://abcnews.go.com/US/erin-andrews-jury-set-deliberate-75...

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