Duma clarified what devices are spy

The State Duma contributed the Criminal Code and the Administrative Code changes that clarify which devices are considered in Russia spyware. Deputies excluded from the list of a number of devices, for the purchase and use of which previously could receive up to four years jail.

In the article of the Criminal Code of the illicit circulation of "special technical means intended for secret information", a new note. Now these funds are considered "devices, systems, systems, devices, special tools for penetration into the premises and (Or) other objects and software for electronic computers software and other electronic devices to access information. " They allow you to collect information that is personal, commercial or other secrets protected by law, without the knowledge of its owner.

No longer considered illegal "in free circulation devices, systems, systems, devices, household tools purpose, has the function of audio, video, photographic images and (or) geolocation, with openly located on them bodies control. " This, for example, GPS-beacons to search for pets, as well as

spectacles and other devices with built-in video camera.

The need for the amendments connected with the criminal prosecution of a resident of the Kurgan Region Yevgeny Vasilyev. At the end of 2017 the farmer ordered the online store the GPS-Tracker to track cows, which constantly struggled from the herd. Such a device is considered illegal. Then the Russian president asked to investigate the situation, and in March 2018, investigators closed the case.