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A woman in her 30s has been fined for stealing messages she shared with other people by opening a messenger app while her boyfriend was asleep after unlocking her phone and taking pictures of them.



According to the legal community today (1st), Detective 17 of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Nam Shin-hyang) sentenced a woman in her 30s who was charged with violating the Information and Communications Network Act to a fine of 1 million won.



Mr. A and Mr. B, who were dating in January of last year, drank together at the dormitory after finishing a schedule during a trip to Spain.



Mr. B unlocked his cell phone to show Mr. A the photos he took during the trip, and then fell asleep first. Mr. A took this opportunity to open Mr. B's messenger app to peek at messages sent and received with others and secretly filmed them. was found to have been



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During the trial, Mr. A admitted the facts, but explained the situation at the time, saying, "While looking at Mr. B's cell phone, he found a picture of an acquaintance he did not know and thought it was strange, so he opened the messenger."

He also requested a formal trial, stating that his actions were legitimate and that illegality was excluded.



However, the court said, "If there is something that is considered strange, it is difficult to say that it was impossible at all to proceed in such a way as to directly question the circumstances of the photo shoot (to Mr. B)." "Your freedom to talk without fear of being filmed cannot be easily limited." 



He added, "It is difficult to say that the means and methods were appropriate or that there were no other means and methods for secretly perusing the victim's cell phone KakaoTalk conversation and filming it."



He also explained the reason for the sentencing, saying, "There is no history of criminal punishment by Mr.



The Information and Communications Network Act stipulates that anyone who damages other people's information processed, stored, or transmitted by the information and communications network, or infringes, steals, or leaks other people's secrets, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding 50 million won.



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