If anti-sneak shots are to become a real business opportunity, it is also dependent on technological innovation, laws and regulations to clarify the main body of responsibility, and the awareness of personal privacy protection.

Editor’s note: This article is from “Financial” App, Author Yang Lizhen, editor Yu Le.

As the hotel’s sneak shots occur frequently, consumers’ demand for “anti-sneak shots” is growing. However, if anti-sneak shots are to become a real business opportunity, it is also dependent on technological innovation, laws and regulations to clarify the main body of responsibility, and the awareness of personal privacy protection.

In a 25-square-meter room, a group of people were armed with large and small instruments like the remote control of the car, and they were tested against more than 60 number plates on a curtain. If they are in a hotel, and now can’t find the secret behind the number plate, their privacy may be exposed.

This is the scene of the Anti-Sneak Challenge in the GeekPwn2019 International Security Geek Competition. Behind the more than 60 number plates, 15 are pinhole cameras with signal transmission, and dozens are interference items – including wireless routers, smart sockets, smart speakers and more. They are hidden under the curtains, players can not rely on the naked eye to identify, can only rely on homemade detection equipment, to determine the signal category of the object behind the number plate, to find out the real target.

The seven teams participating in the finals were selected from more than 20 teams. Among them are professional institutions such as Baidu Security Department and Anheng Information Security Research Institute, as well as Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Shanghai University of Applied Sciences. These masters have all tried their best: device fingerprinting, MAC address forgery recognition, abnormal behavior analysis and other technologies are all used. The result of the game was a big surprise – the seven teams were all over the team, and none of them were able to find all the pinhole cameras.

“The road is one foot high and the height is one foot” is a common phenomenon. Just as doping control technology can’t keep up with the development of stimulants, anti-sneak shot technology has not kept up with the development of sneak shot technology. The judge Yang Zhe said that “unexpectedly”: “The technical team has revised the game plan numerous times. The organizing committee repeatedly discussed the scoring standard. The stadium repeatedly confirmed the feasibility… Unfortunately, only the challenge failed.”

In the past six months, the UNIQLO fitting room in Shenzhen, the B&B in Qingdao, and the hotel in Zhengzhou…The sneak shots are endless. consumerI often feel worried when I stay at a hotel or a hotel, but I can’t help it. What they need is a sense of security, and if there is a simple and feasible way, the hotel will be happy to provide this sense of security. The question is, who should solve this “pain point” of consumers? Will the market demand for anti-sneak shots evolve into a business opportunity?

Baidu and 360 join anti-sneak shots

The reason why the sneak shots are awkward, in addition to seeking excitement and satisfying voyeurism, the greater motivation comes from interest. The sneak shot, production, and sale of porn videos have formed a black industrial chain. “Xinmin Weekly” has reported that a video of a sneak shot every ten minutes can sell for 500-1000 yuan. These small videos will not only be acquired by pornographic websites, but also appear in some QQ groups to obtain benefits in the form of a paid membership system. And their cost is just a pinhole camera that is purchased in a single tens or hundreds of dollars.

Anti-sneak shots can be seen as a new type of market demand, whether for hotels or consumers. If there is demand, it will produce the corresponding supply. At present, technology and security companies have provided related free or paid products and services.

Geekpwn laboratory security expert Song Yuxi introduced that there are four common anti-sneak shot principles and products.

The first type is the use of optics to find the target through the reflection of the glass camera. The common detector on the market is the detector with red glass lens;

The second category is Wi-Fi network analysis, which uses software to comprehensively analyze various characteristics of device nodes in the network to determine whether suspicious cameras are available. Some mobile APPs have already launched such functions;

The third category is radio wave magnetic field detection, which analyzes the strength of radio waves and magnetic field signals. There are already field strength meters from the ordinary to the professional level on the market; the fourth category is to look at the heating characteristics of electronic equipment through thermal imaging. For example, thermal imaging lens .

Technology giants have also joined the anti-sneak shot market. At the end of October, Baidu and Qihoo 360 unveiled the second type of anti-sneak shot function mentioned above. Baidu launched the “Baidu Mobile Guardian Privacy Protection Special Edition” APP. It is said that by clicking the “One-Click Detection” button, you can display whether there is a pinhole camera in the room. Since then, Qihoo 360 has also announced the “360 Mobile Guardian” App has added a “sneak shot detection” function, according to its description, usage and effect similar to Baidu’s service.

This new feature can be said to be upgraded as the pinhole camera is updated. In response to a query from Caijing, the Baidu Security Department said that the Wi-Fi networked pinhole camera is gradually replacing the traditional memory card device, and can directly and remotely sneak shots through the network.

By in-depth research on network modules such as Wi-Fi and pinhole camera underlying protocols, Baidu Security found that most networked pinhole cameras have different network protocols than regular web cameras. Therefore, throughThe identification of the network protocol enables the identification of the pinhole camera.

Baidu Security Department believes that for ordinary consumers, professional testing equipment is not portable, and it is difficult to use. This new function is embedded in Baidu Security Guard APP, which can be used by mobile phones, which is simple and convenient. At present, this function is free to users and is still in the stage of technology upgrade. However, Baidu said that it has received consultations from some B-side customers such as hotels, indicating that there is a certain market demand.

People who can use Baidu and 360 new features have a basic understanding of sneak shots. Most people are still in the stage of neither knowing the sneak shot nor knowing the anti-sneak shot. At this stage, relevant training has the opportunity to intervene.

Consumer Yunfei (a pseudonym) told the Caijing reporter that in May of this year, he booked a homestay in Qingdao, Shandong, through Airbnb. When he checked in, he found that the room porch was equipped with a dynamic sensor, and the router was I placed a stealing camera. Yunfei immediately called the police, and eventually the homeowner was detained for 20 days and fined 500 yuan. Airbnb refunded the room rate, apologized to Yunfei, and promised to permanently remove the property.

Before the sneak shot, Yunfei participated in an anti-sneak shot training in a company called “RC2 Anti-Stealing Lab”. “That was an initial training, mainly in the areas where sneak shots might appear. Let everyone have a sense of security.” Yunfei told Caijing that he is engaged in the Internet industry and has been highly sensitive to personal information security issues. Therefore, he is interested in anti-sneak shot knowledge. And he did not expect that he would really encounter such an “opportunity” and staged a “textbook-style anti-sneak shot” at the B&B in Qingdao.

The full name of the “RC” Anti-Stolen Lab, which was founded in 2017, is Shanghai Ruixian Information Technology Consulting Co., Ltd., a security service provider that provides commercial security testing, products and consulting. CEO Yang Zhe said in an interview with Caijing that anti-sneak shots account for only 10% of the overall business.

After the sneak shots encountered by Yunfei in May this year, there was a growth of a number of hotel customers, most of which were mid-to-high-end hotels, including managers of five-star hotels. But in fact, “we are going to track pornographic websites at home and abroad. The proportion of sneak shots in middle and low-end hotels, love hotels and boutique hotels is large. The more complicated the room decoration, the more likely it is to put a pinhole camera.”

For hotel customers, “RC2” will set up an application link after training and teaching – let the hotel take out five or six rooms as a model room, deploy a pinhole camera, hotel staff must find it within 10 minutes. The goal is to simulate the anti-sneak ability of employees during daily rounds.

Safety of the hotel

The reason why hotels pay attention to anti-sneak shots is because they are also indirect victims of sneak shots.

As the media frequently exposed the sneak shots, consumers have a crisis of trust in the hotel and hotel environment. “No more lettersAny time, even if you live in a five-star hotel, you will check it all as soon as you enter the room. “Yun Fei, who once encountered a sneak shot at the hotel, said.

B&B is a high-risk area for sneak shots. To this end, in response to a query from Caijing reporters, Airbnb stated that the company has set up the “Aibo China Security Management Committee”, which is directly led by Peng Yu, President of Airbnb China, and is checked by the security team. Spot check the listing and create a “blacklist system.”

In addition to Airbnb, traditional hotel groups are aware of the anxiety of guests about sneak shots and are beginning to look for ways to eliminate this anxiety.

“The hotel is designed to provide travelers with a warm and relaxing place to travel. If privacy is violated in such a space, passengers will no longer trust the hotel.” Green Hotel Group was interviewed by Caijing Said that the overall industry’s reputation is damaged, and individual brands are not immune.

Green Hotel Group said that its hotels have never had a sneak shot, but Chairman Xu Shuguang still decided to take precautions and strengthen the safe brand image. From July 15th, 2019, the Green Hotel Group’s 9 major hotel brands and apartments total more than 3,000 hotels, all equipped with “pinhole camera detector”, “no hidden camera in the room” as a quality inspection standard. Inclusion in the scope of assessment.

“In the hotel pinhole camera sneak shot incident, our hotel must be responsible for the consumer. Depending on the naked eye inspection, it is impossible to eliminate the pinhole camera, technical products should use technology to deal with.” Green Hotel Group said. After many evaluations, the current “CC-309 full-band detector” was selected, and each hotel was equipped with at least two units. The total purchase amount exceeded 1 million yuan.

In July of this year, Green Hotel Management College trained all store managers to explain the operation instructions, key inspection areas and assessment specifications of the detector. When Caijing reporter visited Green’s Geya Hotel in Hangzhou, its store manager Zhang Junfeng showed a test process.

Before using, he put the phone in the distance, avoiding interference signals, pulling on the curtains, turning off all the lights, eliminating the normal light source, then holding the detector, turning on the switch, pulling out the antenna, turning on the infrared filter and emitting red light. Close the detector to the “danger zone” of the smoke alarm, air conditioner, TV remote control, glass, socket, etc. In this test, the detector did not emit a “beep” alarm, and the infrared filter did not detect a suspicious light source or specular reflection.

Zhang Junfeng introduced that the principle of this detector is to detect pinhole camera and wireless transmission device through infrared filter and detection antenna. The purchase cost is borne by each hotel. The purchase price of each instrument is 180 yuan, and each hotel costs 360 yuan. “The owners (hotel franchisees) are very supportive of this matter. Because of the safety of passengers, there are many news of sneak shots in these two years. We are also afraid of this problem. If it appears, it will have a great negative impact on the hotel.” Zhang Junfeng said.

He admits, thoughThe hardcore hotel customers who claim to be “300 days in a year” only found half of them.

He believes that the key to anti-sneak shots lies in legislation. On the one hand, it establishes a strict punishment mechanism, so that the consequences of sneak shots are as serious as “killing and setting fire”, and will be severely attacked and blocked from the source; on the other hand, the subject of responsibility should be clarified. “The hotel is equipped with anti-sneak shot equipment is a good gesture, it is worth encouraging.” The managers of hotel operators, public baths and bathrooms should take responsibility, check regularly, and bear the corresponding costs, instead of letting ordinary people go. Buy anti-sneak shot equipment, learn anti-sneak shot technology.

At present, the illegal cost of sneak shots is still low. According to the provisions of Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment, if you peek, sneak, eavesdrop, or distribute the privacy of others, you shall be detained for less than 5 days or a fine of 500 yuan or less; if the circumstances are serious, you shall be detained for 5 days or more and 10 days or less. Can be fined up to 500 yuan.

Until August 22, 2019, the draft of the third-instance civil code of the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee was drafted in the Civil Code, and any organization or individual may not search, enter, Peep, photograph other people’s homes, hotel rooms and other private spaces; do not shoot, record, publicize, peek, eavesdrop on the private activities of others; do not shoot, peep into the private parts of other people’s bodies.

Zhao Huanzhen, chief knowledge officer of Huamei Consulting, said in an interview with Caijing that the relevant departments should implement the rules and strengthen the supervision of hotel safety. He also believes that the hotel has a certain responsibility for the sneak shot. Whether the hotel has formulated a policy of anti-sneak shots has little to do with the price and grade of the hotel, and it is related to its responsibility, cognition level and technical ability.

According to this statement, no matter the legal basis, the safety awareness of consumers and hotel owners, and the technical ability to prevent sneak shots, at present, any one is not mature enough, and the anti-sneak shot market is still in its infancy.

“People first realize that they are in an unsafe situation, and they will generate consumer demand.” Yunfei said: “I also expect large Chinese companies to enter (anti-sneak shot) this track, just like Internet products. It started with a mixture of fish and dragons, slowly evolved, and the winners were gradually eliminated. The head players gradually appeared.”