OnePlus X-Ray Vision Mode Can Trap You!!

-


One Plus Technology, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer based in Shenzhen introduced their latest model of smartphone series OnePlus8 Pro. The Device comes with a 6.78-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440x3168 pixels and has an aspect ratio of 19.8:9. Based on Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, it has a 8GB of RAM and  runs on Android 10 OS. Powered by a 4510mAh non-removable battery, the OnePlus 8 Pro supports wireless charging and proprietary fast charging.

 

This was a small snapshot about OnePlus 8 Pro features. The phone was a descent flagship buyer and had all the testimonials certified for a OnePlus brand. But the controversy spiked up when many users faced privacy problems with the device. The phone had a unique feature of X-ray vision mode.

 

What is X-Ray Vision?

 



 

X-Ray Vision is a technology which will help users to look inside each other. Yes this technology was broadcast in DC Comics through a superhero called Superman. 

X-rays have many practical uses for scientific and medical imaging. Such devices are being deployed in some airports as a way of detecting contraband such as guns, knives and any other weapons in particular which may be carried beneath a person's clothing, bag, etc. The images seen on x-ray film are shadows of the objects through which the x-rays were passed through on their way to the film. As depicted, x-ray vision is actually more of a form of the supposed psychic ability of remote viewing.

Unlike other motion-tracking devices, the new system takes advantage of the fact that radio signals with short wavelengths can travel through walls. Researchers suggest that currently RF-Capture can only track people who are directly facing the sensors and it can't perform full skeletal tracking as traditional motion-capture solutions can. The initial application of this technology was seen in the healthcare systems.

The devices have created some degree of controversy from personal privacy advocates who worry about screeners being able to see people naked. There also exist certain night-vision equipped video cameras that can be modified to see through clothing at a frequency just below visible light. The filter seems to work by capturing infrared light that’s otherwise invisible to the naked eye. There are many professional uses for cameras that can see infrared light like letting firefighters see through smoke but it’s less common to see it on a consumer device like a smartphone.

However due to a large number of outcry OnePlus had to downtrodden this menace by pushing OTA (Over the Air) Updates in order to disable this camera feature.

My Tech Insight regarding this will be – Start Pushing and Looking for other products in mid-range segment which can offer multiplex attributes rather than closely inching  yourself towards such premium flagships with privacy concerns. Chinese brands have always violated personal data and this is a great concern to deal with.

Comment below to share your views about this issue. Hoping to come up soon with new Insights. 

GoodBye!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mobile Processors

-
Mobile Phones are no longer a device that can address phone calls. It has become a personal gadget that can play music and vedios , surfing , taking snaps and connecting people through social media platform. Hence to peform all these tasks swiftly and with great ease , need for powerful processors are always in demand. A mobile processor is just like a brain of our mobile phone. The entire architecture of our personal device depends on processor.  Highly influenced by the personal computer processors , mobile processors are embedded in a small chipset with multiple cores ( Dual , Quad , Hexa and Octa ). The core handles the tasks which are assigned by the user while using their smartphone.  The processor must posses a good clock speed , which will aid in executing many instructions in a second.  Hence phones with multi-processor core and higher clock speed will be comparetively expensive but will gurantee high speed and performance. Higher core can also lead to...
Read more

Cloud Computing

-
Image
Cloud computing involves delivering different types of services over the Internet. From software and analytics to secure and safe data storage and networking resources, everything can be delivered via the cloud. By using cloud storage, we don’t have to store the information on our own hard drive. Instead, we can access it from any location and download it onto any device of our choice, including laptops , tablets and smartphones. There are different types of cloud computing services available to suit different needs. While some cater to individual users who want to store photos, documents, and videos, others are destined for companies that need extensive platforms to develop IT applications. Cloud Computing Architecture Image Courtesy : Google Images Cloud computing is device independent because cloud computing resources can be accessed not just from any computer on the Internet, but also any type of computer. Provided that it has an Internet connection and a we...
Read more

Quantum Computing

-
Image
Quantum mechanics emerged as a branch of physics in the early 1900s to explain nature on the scale of atoms and led to visionary inventions such as transistors, lasers, and magnetic resonance imaging. Hence after so much breakthrough discoveries quantum mechanics was merged with information theory leading to Quantum Computing. Superposition is the counter intuitive ability of a quantum object, like an electron, to simultaneously exist in multiple “states.” With an electron, one of these states may be the lowest energy level in an atom while another may be the first excited level. If an electron is prepared in a superposition of these two states it has some probability of being in the lower state and some probability of being in the upper. A measurement will destroy this superposition, and only then can it be said that it is in the lower or upper state. Components Associated With Quantum Computing                       ...
Read more