Russia is watching the work of air defense on YouTube. Do you need to block all surveillance cameras in Ukraine
On January 2, a massive rocket stroke of Russia recalled the problem of webcams that can be transformed what is happening on the Internet in real time. Often, camera owners do not put passwords on broadcasts and anyone can watch what is happening on YouTube. The military has repeatedly warned that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were able to track photos and videos of air defense tools to adjust the fire.
An example of data leakage is the consequences of a rocket strike on the video of the Russian media Mash during the shelling of Ukrainian cities in the morning of January 2. The video is easy to guess where the shelling took place. The Speaker of the Armed Forces Yuri Ignat had previously said that in the Ukrainian defense forces the risks of tracking their positions, so combat units often change the location of the dislocation.
"Do you hurt this, with today's technologies? There should be only consciousness in people. After all, the enemy can remove it. Do you think little Russian agents go to the territory of our country?" He talked about the problem. Focus interlocutors in law enforcement have said that there is no private online video cameras in all regions of the country. "There is no such state body that could oblige all online providers to disconnect CCTV cameras.
The National Police, Cyber Police, the SBU, other special assemblies cannot block the work of all camcorders," the sources say. Solving the problem of the whole country will cause the state to be appointed by the state, which will take responsibility for blocking online transactions. Before that, all controversial points should be treated in the legislative plane.
Later, the SBU officially reported on the blocking of online cameras, which recorded the operation of air defense during the missile strike on January 2. Law enforcement officers set up addresses and dismantled webcams that broadcast the air defense and location of Kyiv's critical infrastructure. Two robotic online cameras were broken by Russian special services to monitor the defense forces in the capital.
"Having penetrated its settings, the special services of the Russian Federation changed the viewing angle and connected it to the streaming platform on YouTube. With the help of these cameras, the aggressor collected data to prepare and adjust the blows in Kiev," the SBU said. Since the beginning of a full-scale invasion, about 10,000 IP cameras could be blocked that could be used to adjust rocket attacks in Ukraine.
Webcams with direct Internet access had to be disconnected at the beginning of a full-scale war. It is also worth checking the programs that are being conducted, because they could be created by Russian hackers, according to Major General, former SBU Deputy Chairman Viktor Yugan. "Centralized shutdown is not a real idea. It is no secret that many are installing online cameras to watch their homes and property.
If the software of these devices is a Russian, a big chance that will break it," the expert said. Camera should not broadcast panoramic shooting, only private possessions can be shown. Panoramic videos should be administered administrative and criminal liability for video posting on the Internet with a panoramic image. "Here you need to know the extent. If you ban all the cameras that can be reached by satellite antennas and terminals of Starlink. Then we will go through Russia or North Korea.
To do this, we need to consider each case separately, talk to the owners of these cameras, identify their motives ", - explained the specialist. However, the problem of prohibited personnel distribution is not only the work of webcams. Foreign media have repeatedly posted videos and photos of the air defense and the results of arrivals, but no one has never made responsibility.
Law enforcement officers and intelligence services exacerbated the prohibitions only for Ukrainian citizens, emphasized the Ukrainian telecommunications market expert Roman Khimich. "Western journalists ignore the demands of power, arguing this violation of the principles of their work. And the state does not take measures against them. Given the military realities, we are more observed .
Such censorship - the concept of information silence - simplifies the life of the authorities and allows to silence a number of inconvenient issues, Khimic notes. "Many things are time to rethink, the country comes in almost the third year of the war. It is very reminiscent of the USSR methods that do not work absolutely," he summarized. Focus wrote earlier that the second day of the new 2024 in Ukraine began with a massive rocket strike of the Russian Federation.