The prosecutor's office of Surgut is preparing materials to convict a person for 4 years for the purchase of smart watches

A resident of Surgut faces 4 years in prison for buying watches allegedly Samsung Gear in an online store in China.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the defendant violated Part 3 of Art. 30 - 1 of Art. 138 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempt on the illicit trafficking of special technical equipment intended for secretly obtaining information).

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The press service of the prosecutor's office of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra reports:

The investigation established that a young man in May 2013, while in the city of Surgut, ordered in China via the Internet an electronic mechanical watch with a built-in video camera. He bought these watches in order to secretly receive acoustic and visual information regarding an indefinite number of people, namely, to record conversations with them on audio and video media for subsequent posting on the Internet

The defendant could not even use his device, it was withdrawn withdrawn at the customs post of Novosibirsk.

After the approval of the indictment, the criminal case was sent for consideration to the Surgut City Court.



Source www.3dnews.ru/809946

Please note that it is not known exactly which watch is being referred to, Gears or any other.

I suggest everyone here to think about the thin line that is allowed from wearable electronics with a camera, and what is not, it is already clear that the next years will bring us a huge amount of wearable electronics that can fall under the laws: Google Glass, Any other smart watches.