- Now, there is a feature that uses our front camera to record and watch everything that is going on around us in our lives.
- The most common privacy breach we can relate to is when we are travelling on a public bus or train and our fellow passengers peek into our screens.
- Personally, I am all for a privacy feature that can stop people from sneaking a peek at my screen.
The most common privacy breach we can relate to is when we are travelling on a public bus or train and our fellow passengers peek into our screens. Now, there are privacy screen guards that you can use, but in my personal experience, they do not work properly. Furthermore, there are visibility issues when you are using your phone in direct sunlight. I recently saw a video on X. In that video, I saw something that can help solve privacy issues, and that is what we will talk about in this article.
No More Peeping on Your Screen
Huawei Pura 8 comes with a lot of privacy protection features, the best of which is AI-anti-peek. This feature works by tracking eye movements, using the front camera. If someone is peeping into your screen, then the camera will catch them, and then it can notify you and block sensitive information on your screen. Now, apart from Huawei, Samsung might bring this feature in thier S26 Ultra series. However, they will rename it and tweak it a bit. Considering that this feature uses your front camera, the battery drainage will be higher than usual.
The Trade Off?
We have all been in a situation where we see ads on our smartphones about a certain product that we were discussing earlier. This freaks a lot of people, but our data is indeed being used to understand our behavior patterns and choices. Now, there is a feature that uses our front camera to record and watch everything that is going on around us in our lives.
We are trading our privacy for security, but there is no guarantee that the OEM company is not storing our data. Furthermore, if the front camera is being used continuously, it will be strenuous on the battery. Personally, I am all for a privacy feature that can stop people from sneaking a peek at my screen. However, the fear of my data or life being recorded is not something I can ignore. There is a similar kind of feature that you will find in Pova phones called peak-proof. It greys out a certain aspect of your screen if you are doing something confidential. There is a slider that lets you control the aspect of the screen you want greyed out.
This is another way you can protect your privacy without compromising your data. This particular feature did not pick up much, which might be because Pova does not have a significant customer base. However, other brands can pick it up and build upon it to deliver a solution that works best without compromising anything.
Final Thoughts
I believe there can be better ways of protecting our privacy than using the front camera to record and map everything. This is a double-edged sword that can hurt you the more you use it. If the brands are offering assurance that our data is not being recorded, then it is feasible; else, this particular feature is not something I will opt for.
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