I receive MLM calls inexplicably, and I keep receiving SMS advertisements——
Who is stealing our personal privacy
Our reporter Huang Xin
Auto insurance has two months to expire, and advertisements from major insurance companies flooded in; receiving an unfamiliar call, the other party can accurately tell your name and even your address, but it turned out to be a sales call... With the continuous advancement of Internet technology, our Life has become more convenient and comfortable, but at the same time, the risk of personal information leakage is also increasing.
Who is leaking our information?
360 security researcher Yu Kui said that personal information is leaked in both active and passive ways.
Among them, the active disclosure channels include sharing train tickets and ID photos on the Internet; filling in personal identity information and bank account information in phishing websites and malicious applications; connecting to phishing WIFI leads to information theft.
The passive leakage channel may be the leakage of user information stored by the enterprise due to a hacker attack, or the leakage of customer information by enterprise personnel.
It is worth noting that various new applications and services such as APP and mini programs are emerging in an endless stream, but they have problems such as uneven quality and common cracking and tampering. Many APP companies even sell registrant information for profit.
Yang Fan, president of Zhongcheng Think Tank, said that some applications have low barriers to development, usually only a few people, and they can be developed and put into the market in a day cycle, resulting in uneven product quality and frequent safety issues.
At the same time, most netizens generally accept the "free model" and are unwilling to pay for genuine applications. Some companies seize the consumer's mentality and release "free" applications with malicious code such as virus Trojan horses, backdoor remote control, and privacy theft. Seriously endanger the rights of users.
"During the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, major offline merchants will register their customers' identity information in order to promote related work, which also gives some criminals an opportunity to take advantage." Li, industry research analyst, Peking University Science Park Innovation Research Institute I said that with the rapid development of the mobile Internet, the enormous economic value contained in personal information has prompted the growth of a "black and gray" industry.
According to Yu Kui, in the "black and gray" industry chain of stealing and reselling personal information, the upstream is responsible for collecting, stealing, and sorting out personal information, the midstream is responsible for the sale of personal information, and the downstream is responsible for precision crimes or other gray benefits.
In this process, the stolen object was unaware, and even confused when being cheated.
So, what harm will the leakage of personal information cause?
In this regard, Li Zhen said that the least harm is the flow of personal information to the advertising promoters, and users will be bombarded with all kinds of useless promotional information from time to time; secondly, the victim’s account may be copied and illegal activities may be carried out. Being implicated; the most serious cases include generating unidentified debts, being subjected to online fraud, and personal accounts being blocked.
However, many industry experts also said that in recent years, relevant departments have continuously increased their efforts to prevent and control information security, related policies have been implemented quickly, various regulations have been released one after another, and the legitimate rights and interests of users have been further protected.
At the same time, with the continuous improvement of society’s awareness of the importance of mobile terminal security, many mobile-based security products have appeared on the market, and the number of companies conducting related product research and development continues to increase, and there are now countless companies of this type. Ten, the development of my country's mobile security continues to accelerate.
More importantly, with the continuous deepening of personal user information security education, everyone will pay more attention to sharing personal information in the future.
It is believed that with the joint efforts of all parties, personal information will be in a more secure environment, and personal information leakage incidents will gradually decrease.