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"Without user-submitted photos, the machine-learning system would rely only on photos from travel sites, which tend to be extremely clean and well-lit—a far cry
by draugadrotten 6y ago
"Without user-submitted photos, the machine-learning system would rely only on photos from travel sites, which tend to be extremely clean and well-lit—a far cry from most evidence police are working with. "
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- saagarjha 6y agoFreed from these pictures being used for advertising themselves, hotels could submit “average” pictures…
- draugadrotten 6y agoIndeed. Nothing stops them.
- Loughla 6y agoI feel like any hotel owner would stop that from happening. Even if the net result is positive (catch the predator), the individual hotel will forever be associated with a negative (hey, look, there's the hotel that was used by predators). I think that's what stops them?
- close04 6y agoFor some hotels business is business. So they put the morals aside and turn a blind eye. Other higher end hotels simply prefer to do their own due diligence since reputation matters in the business. So they may address the issues but outside of any public eye.
- soylentcola 6y agoBut you could also be "that hotel that helped catch a criminal", no?
- dylkil 6y agobut why not make it a requirement by law for hotels to upload appropriate images of their rooms?
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoHow about Airbnb's?