Singapore Airlines says the cameras on its latest inflight entertainment systems have been disabled |
Singapore Airlines insisted Thursday that cameras on its planes' entertainment systems had been disabled after an outcry online from worried passengers who spotted the tiny lenses peering at them.
Travellers
took to Twitter and other social media to raise the alarm over the cameras at
the bottom of seatback screens on a number of the Singapore flag carrier's
newer aircraft.
"Just
found this interesting sensor looking at me from the seat back on board of
Singapore Airlines. Any expert opinion of whether is a camera?" passenger
Vitaly Kamluk tweeted.
His tweet
was accompanied by photos of the monitor with the embedded camera.
Another
passenger urged the airline in a tweet to "notify all your passengers and
get their consent, particularly EU residents, that you are doing this, why,
what are you doing with the data and how long you keep it".
The airline
confirmed that some of its latest inflight entertainment systems did have fixed
cameras -- but assured passengers that they had been disabled.
"These
cameras have been intended by the manufacturers for future developments. These
cameras have been permanently disabled on our aircraft and cannot be activated
on board," the airline said in a statement.
"We
have no plans to enable or develop any features using the cameras."
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