What does Blink use the Camera for?

[egberts]

What is the camera permission in System->Privacy used for, as it wasn't listed in the Apple App Store, App Privacy section.

[pcho]

What is the camera permission in System->Privacy used for, as it wasn't listed in the Apple App Store, App Privacy section.

It’s for facecam feature. You can see usage example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHjcsrKM9s

OVERVIEW: Show facecam on the screen

USAGE: facecam [--verbose] [--quiet] <subcommand>

OPTIONS:
  --verbose
  --quiet
  -h, --help              Show help information.

SUBCOMMANDS:
  on (default)            Turn on facecam
  off                     Turn off facecam

  See 'facecam help <subcommand>' for detailed help.

[carloscabanero]

Note that this camera is just for personal usage, and we are not sending any "videos" of you or anything like that there. It is part of the permissions we request, but I do not think it has to be mentioned as part of the privacy section.

There is also a "keycast" option that will show what you are typing as you go :)