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Long summary
- A video has gone viral after a user gained access to the CMF Phone 1’s depth camera and discovered that he could use it to see certain objects.
- Nothing co-founder Akis Evangelidis has now responded to the video to explain what’s happening.
- Evangelidis says they will block third-party apps from accessing the depth sensor outputs “within a week.”
The CMF Phone 1 was recently launched and has been receiving a fair amount of praise for being an affordable Android smartphone. Although it has only been a few days since its launch, users have already discovered something a bit shocking about the device. It seems that the depth sensor can be used to see through certain objects.
To make the first CMF by Nothing phone accessible to everyone, the company has made some compromises. Among them is the rear camera setup, which includes a 50MP primary camera and an unannounced depth sensor instead of a proper secondary camera. CMF has made this depth sensor inaccessible by normal means. However, one savvy user has managed to find a workaround to access it.
By using a third-party app in developer mode, the user The user in question was able to access the depth sensor output. At first glance, it looked like just a low-resolution monochrome camera, but things changed when they pointed the camera at the back of a TV remote. The depth sensor was somehow able to see the batteries in the remote even though the cover was still there.
Does CMF PHONE 1 have a transparent camera?
Akes wasn’t wrong at all man! They didn’t trust his word at all but this 2 megapixel camera is not a regular camera but a see through camera or an x-ray camera as we can say!!
In this price range, this thing is commendable and absolutely amazing.
After the video went viral, Akis Evangelidis, co-founder of Nothing, went on to say, X (formerly Twitter) To explain what’s going on here. According to Evangelidis, the depth sensor in their new phone doesn’t have an infrared light filter and that infrared light can sometimes “reveal the internal structure of thin or semi-transparent objects.”
At Nothing, we have some of the most experienced and skilled users in the world. It’s also fair to say that our popularity attracts a lot of scrutiny. Ultimately, this leads to continuous improvement, which benefits our users – so we consider that a good thing.
While some see this as a great feature for a $200 phone, others see it as a privacy issue. Out of caution, Evangelidis said he will block third-party apps from accessing the outputs of this depth sensor in the future. The fix is expected to be made “within a week” via a software update.
When asked why the company decided to restrict access, Evangelidis agreed that leaving the feature up was a great thing. “There are people trying to attack us from every angle, my friend. They’re uncomfortable with our success. So we have to play it safe,” he continued.
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