Chinanews client, Beijing, August 24th (Gong Hongyu) Today, how much is a person's privacy worth?

For people who sell secretly filmed videos, a family’s private camera captures resources for only 5 yuan.

　　"230 yuan for 45 home camera resources, 580 yuan for 10 hotel camera resources", all in the form of audio recording, video recording, and live broadcast.

Depending on the degree of "madness", these video resources are clearly priced, and the charges range from a few yuan to a few hundred yuan.

Seller's offer

　　With the lowest price, prying into the privacy of strangers, and satisfying the desire for curiosity, the desire for "unspeakable" has spawned a black industry chain of pinhole camera shooting and sales.

When many people are still paying attention to personal information such as mobile phone numbers, consumption records, and home addresses, your private life may have been monitored.

　　For example, according to media reports, some criminals hid the pinhole camera in a hotel room, and then shared the APP invitation code to enable others to obtain the right to watch.

Pinhole camera installers often sell invitation codes to offline agents at a price of 150 to 200 yuan each. Each camera can generate 100 invitation codes for hundreds of people to watch online at the same time.

　　In addition to being sold to private individuals, these secretly filmed videos have also appeared on pornographic websites in bulk.

　　Hidden camera incidents occur frequently, and the instructional video "How to find hidden cameras" has been on hot search many times.

With the continuous upgrading of modification technology, the concealment of the camera becomes stronger and stronger, and it is more difficult to be recognized by the naked eye.

　　The investigation found that e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and JD.com have initially blocked keywords such as pinhole cameras and invisible cameras. However, in the eyes of the people in the black industry chain, these restrictions are just for them to "turn from above ground to underground" and conduct covert sales. It's just the beginning.

　　For "wishful people", the pinhole camera is always easy to buy.

On the search platform, type in "scratch words" such as webcams and tiny cameras, check product pages or chat with customer service, and soon you will be able to find some sellers who sell pinhole cameras privately.

The micro camera resources found on the search platform.

　　In the circle of friends of a certain merchant, aromatherapy, desk lamps, mosquito repellents, power banks, car keys, razors and other items modified from pinhole cameras are in sight. The categories are very complete and suitable for all kinds of scenes.

A modified aromatherapy camera in a business’s circle of friends

　　"In stock, the quantity sold is large, and the concealment is particularly good. Modify it according to your needs and buy with confidence." When promoting the camera, the merchant performed well.

　　In terms of law, according to the “Provisions on Prohibiting the Illegal Production and Sale of Special Equipment for Eavesdropping and Photography and "Pseudo Base Station" Equipment", miniature pinhole cameras and photography and video equipment that use miniature pinhole cameras are classified as stealing photos. The category of special equipment.

　　my country’s criminal law clearly includes: the crime of illegally producing and selling special spy equipment, wiretapping, and photographing special equipment, and illegal use of wiretapping and photographing special equipment.

Screenshot of Seller's Moments

　　Nevertheless, the pinhole camera market, driven by high profits, still survives in the black market.

The price of a modified pinhole camera is about 500-1000 yuan.

　　A service provider who provides search engine optimization for pinhole camera vendors said that pinhole cameras are a "profitable side market". If it is done, sales and profits will be particularly high.

"After the camera's real-time live broadcast function came out, the pinhole camera became more popular, and many people made a lot of money by relying on it."

　　Some camera sellers said that the shipping destinations are Shandong and Henan.

According to the company's data, the top regions for the number of camera-related companies in China are Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu and Henan.

　　Among these hundreds of companies engaged in the production and sales of cameras, how many are making money from infringement?

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