A few days ago, the Xuzhou police announced a series of thefts that had just been solved.
At about 9 o'clock in the morning on June 5, the Liguo Police Station of the Xuzhou Tongshan Public Security Bureau received a report that a number of farmers in the jurisdiction had been stolen. After preliminary investigation, a total of 5 families were stolen that morning, and the suspects stole cash, jewelry, digital products and other items, with a case value of about 30,000 yuan.
About an hour later, the police successfully arrested the suspect.
It is worth mentioning that the suspect was well prepared for the theft. When committing crimes, the suspect often wears the work clothes of the electricity department purchased online, and once the victim returns, he falsely claims that he is an electrical maintenance worker, waiting for the opportunity to flee quickly. And he also carried a silicone mask purchased from the Internet, ready to "change face" disguise at any time to escape the police pursuit.
After preliminary investigation, the suspect has been involved in nearly 20 cases, and at present, the suspect has been criminally detained.
"Human Skin Mask",
Such a "mysterious" thing
Feelings will only be found in TV series, movies, and novels
However, from the above case,
We found that
In reality, there are really people
Use "technology" to do "hard work"
Wearing a "human skin mask"
Disguise to sin
A few months ago,
A similar case occurred in Shanghai
On March 6 this year, the Shanghai Meilong Police Station received a report from a multi-family resident in a community that their homes had been burglarized. After investigation, a man put on a silicone face mask, disguised as an old man, sneaked into the homes of 4 residents, and stole a total of more than 100,000 yuan of property.
According to Tong's confession, in order to steal property, he specially bought an elderly silicone film and television mask from the Internet for "face changing" disguise.
According to public information, silicone face masks are made of special silicone or similar materials, and are usually used in films, TV series or stage play makeup. A few days ago, the police in many places issued a reminder that using silicone face masks to disguise as new faces to commit crimes is becoming a new method for some criminals to commit crimes.
So, where did these silicone face masks come from?
What are the legal risks involved in the production and sale of silicone face masks?
And how should it be regulated and regulated?
Recently, the reporter conducted an investigation and interview.
It is available in a number of online stores
The price difference is large
The reporter searched on multiple e-commerce platforms with "human skin mask" as the keyword and found that the word had been blocked by the system, showing "no related goods found". However, if you change the keywords such as "silicone mask", you can see many merchants, and the products sold include "mask adult full-face silicone headgear", "easy-to-face real person face-changing human skin mask", "elderly silicone mask face full face", etc., with prices ranging from a few yuan to tens of thousands of yuan.
These silicone face mask products are not only varied, but also come in a variety of designs.
● Some businesses have launched celebrity face simulation masks, claiming that they can highly restore the facial features of celebrities with realistic effects;
● Some merchants offer existing model head covers, which cost up to 3,000 yuan;
● There are also merchants who claim to provide "private customization" services for masks and head coverings, the core selling point is "ultra-realistic" and "simulation customization", the price is determined according to the complexity and fineness of the mask, about 3,000 yuan to 25,000 yuan, and it takes about 1 month from the order to the completion of the production.
When asked what information needs to be provided for the customized service, one merchant responded: "If you can find a 3D scan, you can send us the size of the CT scan." If not, provide a photo, head, facial features, and a 360-degree face photo. ”
This means that customers only need to provide photos, or 3D scanning technology to obtain face images and 360-degree face photos, and businesses can create a face mask based on this information.
The reporter consulted 6 businesses that sell such masks: Do you need to provide personal information? The other party unanimously replied "no", and neither asked the reporter about the purpose and use of the mask.
Some industry insiders told reporters that silicone masks of different prices have different degrees of simulation, and most of the masks sold on the market are now toy-type masks. In general, the higher the price, the higher the degree of emulation.
There are multiple risks involved
"On the one hand, the use of face masks by buyers may evade surveillance and identification, making it more difficult to identify criminal suspects and offenders. This can be summed up as 'I don't want people to know who I am'. On the other hand, face masks can also be used to circumvent facial recognition technology and impersonate someone else to commit theft or other illegal acts. This can be summed up as 'I want people to think who I am'. Liu Jiong, an associate professor of criminal law at Xiamen University Law School, said that in these two cases, there are certain legal risks in both civil and administrative fields.
Meng Qiang, a professor at the Law School of Beijing Institute of Technology, said that the sale of facial masks by merchants on e-commerce platforms may involve a variety of legal risks, or give rise to civil liability, administrative liability and even criminal liability.
"The legitimacy of the business of customizing face masks depends on a number of factors." Meng Qiang said that in some cases, custom face masks can also be used for legal purposes such as movie special effects, if the custom face mask involves infringement of personal privacy, portrait rights, reputation rights, etc., or the lack of legal and compliant sales processes, or involves illegal and criminal acts, etc., it is illegal.
"E-commerce platform operators and merchants must not infringe on the rights and interests of consumers or violate market management regulations, and if the act of selling face masks constitutes an infringement of a specific person's personal information, portrait rights and other personality rights, or violates relevant provisions on online transaction security, the market regulation department may warn, fine, or order the merchant to suspend business for rectification." Meng Qiang said.
He pointed out that if the face masks sold are used for illegal purposes, such as engaging in criminal activities such as fraud, theft of identity information, invasion of personal privacy, etc., they may be complicit in participating in or helping to commit criminal acts, and thus need to bear corresponding criminal liability.
"Face masks may become a tool for upstream and downstream crimes, the upstream is responsible for collecting biological information such as faces, and the downstream may involve subsequent use, such as for fraud, theft, etc., so that the merchant's sales behavior breaks through the principle of technical neutrality of the criminal law and may constitute the crime of providing criminal tools." Liu Jiong said.
Carry out appropriate supervision
Make sure it is not abused
In Meng Qiang's view, the production, sale and use of face masks do have a greater risk of infringement and illegality, and it is more feasible to improve legislation and regulations and moderate supervision than to ban them completely. For example, strengthen the construction of relevant laws, regulations and rules, clearly define the legal and illegal uses of face masks, and strengthen the supervision mechanism in all aspects of production, sales and use, so as to reduce and reduce the risk of face masks being used for infringement and illegal acts while ensuring legitimate demand and reasonable use.
Liu's suggestion is that when customizing face masks, business providers should be required to conduct strict identity verification and use review. For highly realistic masks, they should be filed and reviewed by the public security department.
Source: Pingdu Financial Media Comprehensive Guangzhou Daily, Rule of Law Daily, Police and People's Express Shanghai, Jiupai News, Purple Cow News
Editor: Zhao Xiaoyun