The updated version of the online WeChat attracts attention to the browsing records of friends circle or is made public as the focus.

　　CCTV News:Most users who use smart phones know that all kinds of software and apps often have "system upgrade" or "version update" reminders, which generally do not attract much attention. Recently, a profile picture of a suspected WeChat system update on the Internet has attracted the attention of a large number of users. This picture, titled "Tips for Updating WeChat System 7.0.X", has a LOGO and color matching consistent with WeChat, and is accompanied by a caption, saying, "This update: a friend circle visit function will be added to tell you that he has been here; At the same time, the function of staying in a circle of friends is added to tell you how long he has been here. "

　　Two seemingly unremarkable words have caused a lot of discussion among netizens. Netizens who oppose the opening of this function said: "I like the circle of friends without visitor records", and some even said that "if this function is opened, the micro signal will be replaced"; Netizens who agree with the opening of a circle of friends said that such a function can "know who cares about you and who is too lazy to care about you".

　　Researcher Zhu Tingshao, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences:Because from the perspective of the current prediction, if we can get the trajectory information of this person in various circle of friends, we can make a better prediction of some related psychological indicators of this person. That is to say, I can know your situation by seeing the trajectory information of different friends.

　　Wechat rumor: the new version does not show the visit record of friends circle.

　　In response to the whimsy of netizens, on February 20th, WeChat issued a statement through its official Weibo, saying, "Don’t panic, the pictures circulating on the Internet are fake". The reporter also learned from Tencent that WeChat will protect users’ privacy, and in the new version, the function of recording visitors in the circle of friends has not been added.

　　Users cannot cancel the default public browsing records of multiple platforms.

　　It is understood that the daily login volume of WeChat platform has reached 1 billion, and massive reading records have become big data of user information. The reason why netizens care about whether the circle of friends will openly browse the trajectory is because they have a "lesson from the past." Through investigation, CCTV reporters found that at present, there are many online platforms with tens of millions of users, and the user browsing records are actively disclosed by the platform.

　　QQ space access trajectory is made public, stealth access needs to pay.

　　It belongs to the old social platform of Tencent — — QQ has the function of "recording visitors in QQ space". The reporter found that QQ settings did not provide the function of "turning off the feedback of visitors’ records", but provided two charging functions of "visiting his space invisibly" and "hiding his visit records". Users want to browse the yellow diamond members who need to open QQ without trace, and the fee for yellow diamond members is one month in 12 yuan.

　　"Nail" is a social Internet platform. Through data collection, the reporter found that only in Apple’s iOS system, the estimated download volume of "Nail" in the past year exceeded 30 million times. The reporter found that in the use environment of group chat, the message posted by users is usually marked with "unread message" feedback information and marked with different colors. For example, several people have not read this message. When the reporter clicks on the word "unread", he can clearly see who is the "unread" message.

　　The reporter found that "Nail" clearly stated in its user agreement that "the service content includes technical functions such as unread list of messages, and these functional services may be optimized or modified according to changes in user needs, different service versions, or the unilateral judgment of service providers", but the reporter did not find the option of closing reading records in "Nail". The "nailed" customer service staff also told reporters that the opening of this function is not decided by the user.

　　Nail customer service staff:There are "read" and "unread" in this piece. For example, after their boss or our leader sends a message, he can know at a glance which colleagues have read it and which colleagues have not. In this case, if they have read it, they can operate it, and there is no other time to remind you, that is, what information I send you to have a look, that’s what I mean.

　　Reporter:If I want to close it, I can’t close it at present, can I?

　　Nail customer service staff:This side can’t be closed, sir.

　　During the investigation, the reporter found that the user’s reading and browsing tracks were fed back to others without his own consent, which also appeared on the Weibo platform. As a tool for anonymous chatting on the Internet, "Weibo Private Message" has been reported by users that it has brought troubles to the recipients of information because it cannot turn off the read and unread feedback functions of "Private Message". Some netizens even said that this function directly exposed the privacy of whether users log in and browse Weibo. On November 1st, 2018, Weibo Platform announced that it was offline "the read function of private messages in Weibo".

　　Hu Gang, Secretary General of internet society of china Research Center:This is actually the difference between traditional telecommunications and the Internet. Telecommunications must be sound, that is to say, I must find out who the other party is, because in our traditional telecommunications environment, the fixed telephone of your phone must clearly know who the other party is, and the telephone company is registered. The Internet or mobile Internet and mobile communication have changed this rule. Generally speaking, the influence of the Internet on personal information should be said to be very great. Therefore, it is very necessary for us to be more alert to this situation in today’s increasingly high awareness of personal information privacy rights.

　　Expert: Browsing trajectory is a private platform and should not be ignored.

　　Some legal scholars said that at present, the feedback function of users’ reading records in Internet social platforms is similar to the "automatic reply of letters received" in traditional e-mail. The difference lies in whether the reading feedback of e-mail is displayed or not, and its decision rests with the recipient. However, at present, the reading feedback of multiple online social platforms has become the right of the sender, which is not in line with the principle of free choice of users and is also suspected of revealing the privacy of user data.

　　Zhu Wei, Deputy Director of Communication Law Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law:The behavior information of web browsing also belongs to the scope of privacy. You must let users choose the exit mechanism and seamless browsing system, and you can’t force users to use their new functions. You can’t expose your trajectory to others without the user’s knowledge, even if this person is your friend. This "read" and "unread" is equivalent to an email receipt, and it should be up to the user to decide whether to open it or not. If the user is deprived of the right to set himself, it is directly mandatory to send a receipt to the other party, which may involve a consumer’s free choice.

　　In January this year, the four departments of the Central Network Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the "Announcement on the Special Governance of the Illegal Collection and Use of Personal Information by App", clarifying that App operators do not force users to authorize in disguise by default, binding, stopping installation and use, and must not collect and use personal information in violation of laws and regulations and the agreement with users. Some scholars have said that the biggest advantage of the Internet is to eliminate the asymmetry of information, and the asymmetric feedback behavior of the Internet platform on the user’s reading trajectory should also be concerned to avoid becoming a vacuum zone of supervision.

　　Hu Gang, Secretary General of internet society of china Research Center:From the consistent logic of the Internet, first of all, I want to record your whole actions, but after recording, you can’t use this data again and then commercialize it and transfer it to others. This is not possible. When an IP address or a friend visited me, what he was interested in, I knew this information, and then I told it to others, for example, without the consent of the relevant obligee, and then this may cause this abuse of personal information. It is not allowed to do so without the consent of others. (CCTV reporter Ma Li)