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Hotels have developed a new revenue stream: "algorithmic" smoke detectors

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Hotels have developed a new revenue stream: "algorithmic" smoke detectors

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A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

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@_ZachGriff: I was just scammed by a @Hyatt hotel — and what I’ve uncovered so far points to a *much* bigger issue. A 🧵 (1/13) It started when I checked out of Hyatt’s Pell Hotel near...

Guests report getting billed hundreds of dollars for smoking, based on the readings of an “algorithmic” smoke detector. The sensor manufacturer markets its product as a way for hotels to unlock new revenue streams.

See also: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/marietta-hotel-fined-women-hundreds-smoking-they-say-other-activities-tripped-sensors/WPFWFT7INFGOLHR4HSQK7YIOKY/

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I tend to huff arsenic trioxide when I stay at a hotel. Will the hotel smoke detectors fine me for that?

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