Apple’s new HomeView brings facial recognition into the living room
Apple has introduced a feature called HomeView that brings facial recognition technology into home environments, apparently designed to work within living room settings.
Why this matters: Facial recognition in your home is a different category of surveillance than facial recognition in an airport. Your home is supposed to be the one place you are not being watched and logged. Apple has a better privacy reputation than most, but good intentions do not change what the technology does. A camera that recognizes faces inside your house is collecting biometric data in the most intimate space you have. Who that data is shared with, how long it is stored, and what happens if the system is wrong are not small details. They are the whole story.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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