Comment on Hotels have developed a new revenue stream: "algorithmic" smoke detectors
despoticruin@lemmy.zip 19 hours agoThe burden of proof that the sensors cannot provide false positives falls on the hotel chain, not the person getting charged. There is also the question of whether the sensors can be triggered by someone else, or an adjacent room.
You fight them by filing a lawsuit for fraudulently charging you.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Ah yes, the system keeping the poors in their place.
Most people can’t afford the time and money required for this, so they don’t bother. So corporations and corrupt people get away with all kinds of things.