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How the Privacy Score works
A number from 0 to 100 that answers one question: if you book this space, how likely is it that anyone knows you were there? Here is exactly how it is made.
Six components, and what each is worth
Every score is the sum of six weighted components. The weights are fixed, published, and add to 100.
Own entrance, or a shared hallway? Whether reaching the space means passing anyone.
Construction, glazing, whether the space is detached — plus what guests actually reported hearing.
Remote access scores highest. A host who lets you in and leaves scores lower. One who stays scores lowest.
Whether arriving is visible to neighbours, reception, or a street of people.
The host's own verification tier, and whether the space has been audited in person.
Overlooking windows, glass frontage, cameras disclosed at the door.
Then it is discounted by how good the evidence is
A component is never worth its full weight unless the evidence behind it is solid. Each one is multiplied by a confidence figure that depends entirely on who established the fact.
Someone from Shortyme visited and checked it.
Confirmed against a document or a device the platform can read.
Derived from what guests reported after staying.
The host said so, and nobody has checked yet.
A host cannot score themselves highly
This is the part that makes the rest mean anything. A listing whose evidence is entirely self-reported is capped at 70, no matter what the host claims. Passing that ceiling requires evidence the host does not control — a platform check, an in-person audit, or enough guests independently reporting the same thing.
So a 68 does not mean a mediocre space. It usually means nobody has verified a good one yet. The listing page shows the breakdown, so you can see which it is.
Scores are versioned, not overwritten
Every recomputation supersedes the previous score rather than replacing it. If a host disputes a downgrade we can show precisely which signal moved, when, and on which version of the algorithm. The current algorithm is ps-1.0.0.
What it deliberately does not include
Not price. Not how new the listing is. Not how much commission the host generates. A score that quietly rewarded expensive listings would be a ranking fee wearing a trust badge, and it would be indistinguishable from this one to anyone reading it.