In your camera app, look for “Privacy Zone,” “Mask,” or “Blackout Area.” Draw a rectangle over any zone that would make a person feel watched.
The first crack in the illusion came from his father. “That thing on the door,” the old man said one evening, gesturing with a trembling finger. “It talks. It said, ‘Person detected.’ Then it said, ‘Facial recognition incomplete.’ I felt like I was on a list.”
But as we rush to install these digital sentinels, a complex and uncomfortable question arises: