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I was once enticed by AirBnB's promise of "we don't store your ID data after validation" Few years down the line, it requested me to submit my ID data for a bo
by baybal2 5y ago
I was once enticed by AirBnB's promise of "we don't store your ID data after validation"
Few years down the line, it requested me to submit my ID data for a booking in China.
All my ID data was pre-filled.
- dean177 5y agoWas this your browser filling for you?
- baybal2 5y agoTheir app
- floatingatoll 5y agoWas the data cached locally in your app?
- gpm 5y agoThat's still storing the data. Nothing says that the user typically lets this sort of information stay on their phone.
- scrollaway 5y agoDifference being you're still in full control of that data, can delete it at any time, and Airbnb the company doesn't have direct access to it.
- gpm 5y agoThey're not told it's there, there is no tool for them to view the data, to see what kind of data is there, or even delete data short of deleting the entire apps data. Airbnb the company can access it at approximately any time by pushing out an app update. Legally you may have an argument, morally I don't think there's much of a difference. I would certainly not be pleased to find out an app was doing that.
- floatingatoll 5y agoThat's nice, but I'm not here to argue for one viewpoint or another, I'm just trying to explore the complaint that originated this thread.
- MetaWhirledPeas 5y agoIf this was an Android phone, Android remembers credentials at the OS level now. It'll prefill app forms.
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y agoEven though I have zero confidence in similar claims by big and small players, in this case I would give them the benefit of the doubt and blame your browser instead, because exposing themselves in this way would be extremely stupid.
- smithza 5y agoThe poster said it was done in the App, not on the browser.
- brainzap 5y agoAll identity services we use keep all the data.
- msoad 5y agoA host asking you to do something is not Airbnb asking you to do something. I know in China, the host have to submit a copy of your passport to the government for regulatory reasons. I don't like and I don't want to travel to China for similar reasons (Government is constantly spying on you). But it is not fair to say Airbnb is asking you for your ID.