[karma20]

At least in part, the author seems to conflate 'collecting images of pax' with 'their usage of the IFE':

> Cathay confirmed it is collecting images of passengers while they're on board, monitoring their usage of the in-flight entertainment system (IFE) and how they spend time during the flight.

However, it sounds like Cathay are just using fixed cameras and not ones built into individual IFE screens:

> The airline said these images are captured via CCTV cameras fixed around the airplane and not from embedded seat-back cameras.

> Cathay's spokesperson said similar devices were not installed in its IFEs. "Our inflight entertainment systems do not have any cameras, microphones or sensors to monitor passengers, nor have they in the past."