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Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

author:Gansu Meteorology
Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

For security reasons

Some people install cameras in their homes

So that you can check the situation in your home at any time

But, are the cameras in your home really safe?

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

There are some outlaws

Turning the camera into a "cat's eye" that satisfies its voyeurism

And put citizen privacy on the Internet for public sale

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

Recently, the Pingyin court concluded the trial together

Case of Unlawful Control of Computer Information Systems

Let's take a look at it with xiaobian.~

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams
Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

Basic facts of the case

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

Although the 36-year-old Xiaotian has been married for many years, he has no fixed job and is idle all day. One day, Xiaotian purchased a webcam account and password from others through QQ, and added control permissions to obtain multiple cameras through the mobile PHONE APP, which was used to watch the privacy of others, and then generated the idea of profit, intercepting and sending the privacy photos of others he saw to Xiao Jie who had the same "hobby", making a profit of more than 40 yuan. Later, xiao jie began to spy on the privacy of others under the teaching of Xiaotian.

As of the time of the crime, Xiaotian illegally controlled more than 1,800 other people's network camera equipment, and more than 200 were online at the time of the crime; Xiao Jie illegally controlled more than 180 other people's network camera devices, and more than 40 were online at the time of the crime. After both were arrested, they truthfully confessed the facts of the crime. After the incident, the public security organs seized one mobile phone for all the crime tools of Xiao Tian and Xiao Jie. During the trial, Xiaotian returned all illegal gains.

Court judgment

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

The court held that the defendants Xiaotian and Xiao Jie used mobile phone APP to obtain camera control authority and view the privacy of others by purchasing other people's webcam account IDs and passwords, and their acts constituted the crime of illegally controlling computer information systems. The prosecution's allegations were established. In view of the fact that Xiaotian has confessed circumstances, he voluntarily admits guilt and accepts punishment; Xiao Jie has the circumstances of voluntary surrender, voluntarily admits guilt and accepts punishment, and the two defendants can be given a light punishment. Accordingly, defendants Xiaotian and Xiao Jie committed the crime of illegally controlling computer information systems and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above and fined. The illegal gains returned by defendant Xiaotian shall be confiscated in accordance with law and handed over to the state treasury. The seized mobile phones of the defendants Xiaotian and Xiao Jie, the tools of the crime, were confiscated in accordance with law.

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

Home cameras are meant to be used to keep them safe and should not be a loophole in the house in any way. The judge reminded that when purchasing and installing home cameras, the following points should be paid attention to:

01 Choose formal channels to buy trusted brand smart camera equipment.

02 Pay attention to the placement, do not install in the bathroom, bedroom and other intimate spaces, such as the camera with a rotation function, pay attention to the rotating shooting range.

03 Set advanced protection passwords, use secure networks, and upgrade patches in a timely manner.

04 Do not expose the camera IP address at will, and remember to turn off the camera when not in use for a long time.

Source | Pingyin Court

Submission email address | [email protected]

Edit | Wang Yindi

| Hu Lianfeng Li Xiaoling

Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams
Interpretation of the law by case | Watch out for someone snooping on your home! One man illegally controlled more than 1,800 webcams

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