Open the software, set the avatar and nickname, and you can create WeChat conversations, transfer records and even screenshots of friends — — In online search engines and mobile app stores, chat record generation tools such as "WeChat conversation generator" and "QQ conversation generator" spread wildly. These confusing gadgets are not only used by Wechat business to deceive consumers, but also provide convenience for criminals to forge screenshots to manipulate public opinion.
Experts said that making false screenshots will cause trouble on the Internet and disrupt social order, and those with serious circumstances will face criminal punishment. Software publishers who fail to remain neutral and encourage, abet and add fuel to the flames in the process of dissemination will also be regarded as accomplices and bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
Case: False screenshots spread rumors
A few days ago, Weibo, a child suspected of being sexually assaulted in an orphanage in Guizhou, detonated the network, arousing public anger.
According to the poster, in Bijie, Kaili and other places in Guizhou Province, young children in welfare homes and kindergartens for left-behind children were sexually assaulted. However, Guizhou public security investigation found that the so-called photos of "underage children being sexually assaulted" spread on the Internet were all forged after the poster collected them from the Internet, and the whole incident was fabricated.
Why does an unfounded rumor convince many netizens? This is inseparable from the poster’s fictional WeChat chat record. In the screenshot, a chatterbox said that it is "a business" to spend 100,000 yuan on this matter every year. Another screenshot shows that the suspected "windmill kindergarten" staff member "Chen Likun" and another person are talking about injecting hormones into young children.
As a result, the detailed and realistic chat record has become a "sharp weapon" for spreading rumors.
"There are avatars and transfer records on it, and even the WiFi signal is clearly displayed, exactly the same as my WeChat page!" After the rumor incident in Guizhou was officially rumored, some netizens pointed out that the chat record generation tool condoned evil and confused people. "Who would have thought that even chat records could be faked?"
After searching for public information, the reporter found that the use of forged screenshots of chat records to spread online rumors and manipulate public opinion has occurred many times before. Screenshots of chat records with "pictures and truth" have captured the curiosity of many netizens and the herd mentality of "believing in it or not", which has become one of the carriers of online rumors.
Test: A record is released in 67 seconds.
Compared with the uproar caused by using fake dialogue records to create rumors, the low cost of fraud is unimaginable. As long as it takes 67 seconds and 90 yuan money, you can make a fake record exactly like the online rumor.
Although the official has warned that the screenshot record is not credible in multiple channels, both Apple and Android platforms can find a large number of apps with the function of "chat record generation". After downloading one of the "Dialogue Generator" softwares, the reporter found that it can make multiple functional pages such as WeChat chat, group chat, transfer, change, red envelope, video chat, circle of friends and so on, and can also make Alipay transfer records.
Subsequently, the reporter took a fake screen shot that was popular on the Internet as an example, and uploaded five conversation records, a photo and the heads of both sides of the conversation. It took only 67 seconds from setting the avatar and creating the nickname to the final fake screenshot of WeChat.
In addition to the fake text and picture dialogue, even the system prompts such as sending and receiving red envelopes and adding friends can be faked, and even a fake screen shot of transferring 100 million yuan a day can be made under the condition that the real WeChat transfer limit is 200,000 yuan a day. Some software can also edit the operator, WiFi signal, battery power, time and other information in the mobile phone status bar at will.
An Internet source said that there were a lot of such tools around 2015. At the beginning, most users were Wechat business, marketing number, etc., and most of them were free software. However, the reporter found that these apps are basically charging now, forming a "gray industry" with unclear legal definition at present. For example, in the dialogue generator, the page generated by the reporter has a watermark, and only those who pay for the package can remove the watermark and make the screenshot "more real". The cheapest package is 3-month 90 yuan, and the permanent membership package is 328 yuan, which will be used until 2029.
So, how much are these apps used? Take the existing apps in APPle App Store as an example. The most popular "Wechat business Screenshot King" software has as many as 11,000 ratings and comments, and the least is 1,760.
Wechat business Xiaoai, who runs a "private cake" in a circle of friends, told reporters that she had exposed many fake screenshots. "When I first opened the business, no one bought it. I made a few screenshots of transferring money and praising the delicious cake every three to five times, which was quite attractive." Xiao Ai said that it is the "convention" of Wechat business industry to attract customers with false records.
Vigilance: encouraging crime to bear legal responsibility
"The illegal behaviors caused by forging screenshots of chat records can be mainly divided into two categories." Hu Gang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Legal Work Committee of internet society of china, said that one kind is for business purposes, for example, Wechat business made false chat and transfer records and sent them to friends for advertising. "This behavior is suspected of false propaganda, which not only violates consumers’ right to know, but also disrupts fair market order."
Hu Gang said that what is more serious is the behavior of individual criminals who forge screenshots of chat records to create topics on the Internet, stir up trouble and disrupt social order in order to gain attention or vent their feelings.
"In the past, people always said that seeing is believing, so the majority of netizens were less alert to the rumors of chat recording. But with the current information technology, even dynamic video fraud is easy. " Hu Gang said that once public opinion is used, it may have serious consequences. This requires relevant departments to launch effective new measures in a timely manner, and also requires netizens to raise their awareness of vigilance and not be credulous or blindly obedient.
In addition, although this kind of software claims that it is only used by netizens for entertainment, you can clearly see some leading words such as "Wechat business must have" and "Wechat business marketing tool" on the software promotion page. "This means that it has entered the category of network gray production." In the opinion of experts, if a software publisher can’t maintain enough neutrality, but encourages, abets and fuels illegal activities in the process of communication, it will be regarded as an accomplice and bear corresponding legal responsibilities. (Reporter Chen Xuening)
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