A New Zealand couple on a family trip through Europe said they made a disturbing discovery upon checking into an Airbnb in Ireland in March — a hidden camera was livestreaming their family.
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"I could see the live stream video of myself looking at his phone," Nealie Barker, 42, said."I had this horrible, sinking feeling ... We're definitely being watched.” Feeling Airbnb was unhelpful, they called the host themselves. As he denied their questions about cameras on the property, she said, her husband asked,"Well then why am I [looking] at a livestream of myself?""We totally lost his trust at this point," Nealie Barker said.
In a statement, Airbnb said its initial handling of the incident “did not meet the high standards we set for ourselves, and we have apologized to the family and fully refunded their stay.”
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