Users upload cracked surveillance screens to beware of "third eye" peeping

On January 17, some netizens broke the news that some users uploaded surveillance videos obtained after uploading suspected cracked cameras in public places at Station B. These videos include schools, hospitals and other public places. On the afternoon of the 17th, Station B responded that it had banned the account that uploaded relevant content, and the follow-up investigation was still in progress. (The Paper, January 17)

Surveillance cameras play an important role in people's daily lives. Through the camera, people can monitor the picture, convenient daily work and management; in addition, the existence of the camera also has a certain deterrent effect on criminals, and some surveillance pictures can be used as important evidence for the case. Nowadays, in addition to public cameras, home cameras are also becoming more common. More and more people are installing home cameras in their homes, and in addition to monitoring the home to prevent theft, etc., they can also implement cloud care for the elderly and children at home anytime and anywhere.

However, while surveillance cameras bring convenience to people, they also bring potential hidden dangers. Some criminals crack the pictures taken by public or home cameras, put them on the network platform for dissemination, in addition, they also sell them to some users, and gradually form a black industrial chain that sells other people's private information. The development of the network provides a convenient space for the dissemination and sale of these videos, a large number of illegal videos involving the privacy of others are sold, and you never know whether there is an eye behind the surveillance camera spying on you.

In May last year, the Cyberspace Administration of china, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments organized nationwide centralized management of black production such as camera peeping, severely cracked down on illegal use of cameras to peep at personal privacy and other acts that infringed on citizens' personal privacy, cleaned up more than 22,000 pieces of illegal and harmful information related to various platforms, and disposed of more than 4,000 platform accounts and 132 groups. On the one hand, these data reflect the strength of the national crackdown, on the other hand, it also reflects the seriousness of the current camera voyeurism phenomenon.

Hacking the video of a public or home camera without permission is an illegal act, a serious violation of the privacy rights of others, and should be severely condemned, and it should also be punished by legal means. Station B users upload illegally cracked videos to the platform is not a new thing, some netizens pointed out that there have been similar videos a long time ago. In those platforms that we don't notice, in those corners that we can't see, how many pairs of eyes are hidden, spying on our daily actions? When people's evil desires have the bonus of technology and get rid of the constraints of the law, the consequences of this are unimaginable.

The reason why camera voyeurism is rampant is that the cost of violating the law cannot deter it, so the state should issue strict laws and regulations on related issues and use legal means to severely crack down on illegal acts that infringe on citizens' personal privacy. Camera manufacturers should also strive to improve the safety of their own products, from a technical level to prevent those who crack the surveillance screen of the crime.

To prevent the voyeurism of the "third eye", the audit mechanism of the network platform is crucial. Most illegal videos are disseminated and traded through online platforms, which requires the platform to increase the review of platform content.

The Internet is not an extralegal place, and relying on the Internet for transactions involving other people's private videos is not unregulated. It is imperative to combat camera voyeurism and protect the privacy of individuals!

Text/Xu Xin (Shaanxi Normal University)