Airbnb host Jen Kelman worried about the angle of the security camera on her two-bedroom rental in Pine, Arizona, a small mountain town two hours north of Phoenix.
She installed it as the “eyes and ears” for her rental property, since she lives in Phoenix. But Kelman also was anticipating that some guests might get creeped out at the prospects of being captured at any time by the camera’s sweeping view of the front of the home.
“It’s going to make them feel like I’m looking at them,” she explained. “And I don’t want them to feel that way.”
So she carefully angled it from the back corner of the porch to avoid capturing a small table where people might enjoy a cup of coffee. The camera is also positioned so that it’s not able to peer into the front door, she said.
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