Singapore Airlines says seatback cameras are "disabled"

While on a Singapore Airlines flight, Vitaly Kamluk, noticed a camera in the seatback media system. He took photos and posted them on Twitter:

Just found this interesting sensor looking at me from the seat back on board of Singapore Airlines. Any expert opinion of whether this a camera? Perhaps @SingaporeAir could clarify how it is used? pic.twitter.com/vy0usqruZG

- Vitaly Kamluk (@vkamluk) February 17, 2019

Here's Singapore Airlines response to Kamluk's tweet:

Hi there, thank you for reaching out to us. We would like to share that some of our newer inflight entertainment systems provided by the original equipment manufacturers do have a camera embedded in the hardware... We have no plans to enable or develop any features using the cameras.

Hi Peter, the cameras are in selected Business, Premium Economy and Economy Class. We would like to share that they have been permanently disabled on our aircraft and cannot be activated on board. We have no plans to enable or develop any features using the cameras. Thank you.

- Singapore Airlines (@SingaporeAir) February 19, 2019

Hi there, these cameras on our newer IFE systems were provided by the original equipment manufacturers. We have no plans to enable or develop any features using the cameras.

- Singapore Airlines (@SingaporeAir) February 19, 2019

It's not a bad idea to cover the camera with post-it note, anyway.

Image: Twitter