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I once stayed in an Airbnb 'hotel' (an entire building run as a self-service hotel in a downtown of a major city). Doing similar casual tinkering, I found the e
by 1shooner 6y ago
I once stayed in an Airbnb 'hotel' (an entire building run as a self-service hotel in a downtown of a major city). Doing similar casual tinkering, I found the entire building's security system (keycards, external doors, access logs) on the guest wifi network, behind default passwords. I left a note in Airbnb to the hosts, but never heard back from them.
- varispeed 6y agoSome people truly live by "I did nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide" philosophy and the same think that their guests also don't have nothing to hide and if they do? Maybe other people should see it, so there you go.
- nuclearnice1 6y agoPossible. Or they just built a sloppy network.
- ganzuul 6y agoSame issue with social media. People don't understand they need to protect their entire network and not just themselves.
- _rs 6y agoI'm curious, was this "hotel" only available on Airbnb or did they have their own website or listings on other hotel aggregators?
- jandrese 6y agoI've seen this before where the building is only on AirBnB because it's zoned residental. I once stayed at an AirBnB where the little welcome binder you got when you got to the room included instructions on what to do if the cops knock on the door and start asking questions. It's one of the caveats of bargain hunting. Sometimes you end up in sketchy situations.
- Cerium 6y agoOh, I stayed in one in Xiamen like that. AirBnB did not make it clear on their website that in Xiamen AirBnB's are illegal (some cities in China they are legal and have a deal to do hotel registration with the police for you). We arrived to a pile of notices on the door "This is an illegal hotel, etc etc". Not super fun.