'Making everyone a potential spy': Huawei's new smartphone SuperZoom function sparks privacy concerns

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'Making everyone a potential spy': Huawei's new smartphone SuperZoom function sparks privacy concerns
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The SuperZoom on Huawei's latest smartphone allows users to read signs from very far away, but there are fears it could also encourage people to record someone punching in their ATM security pin from across the road.

The 50x digital"SuperZoom" on Huawei's latest smartphone reportedly gives users the ability to read writing and take pictures of a small animal from hundreds of metres away, but there are fears the technology could also encourage some to record citizens punching in their ATM security pin from across the road.

According to Huawei, the new device is equipped with a Leica four-camera system: a standard camera, an ultra-wide angle camera, a"time-of-flight" camera, and a new"periscope-like" lens in a fourth telephoto camera — it also features 10x hybrid zoom combining various technologies to enhance quality. Fergus Hanson, head of international cyber policy at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute , said it was a"transformative leap" in terms of making that type of technology ubiquitous.

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