Canon’s new PowerShot PICK is either a stunning novelty or a creepy, unwanted intruder, depending on your age.
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The PICK is a small robotic camera that you place in your home and take pictures. Despite the potential privacy issues, it is an impressive device that is becoming increasingly popular the more you learn about it.
"While the PowerShot PICK looks like an interesting piece of technology, there are some privacy concerns," Chris Hauk, consumer privacy expert at PixelPrivacy, told Lifewire via email. "Depending on local laws, users may be required to notify anyone entering their home that they may be the subject of photos and videos."
The tiny PICK is 90mm, or 3.5 inches, tall, has a 12-megapixel sensor, a zoom lens, and motors that let it pan and tilt in any direction you want. You set it down in a room, or outside (it has a tripod mount underneath), and PICK goes to work. The camera uses Canon’s face and scene recognition technology, which is frighteningly good in modern cameras.
