Be wary of! Free printing of photos is easy to reveal privacy information

Recently, a number of new free-printing photo printing machines have been added to the entrances of major shopping malls, restaurants and desserts in the capital. Just scan the two-dimensional code posted on the machine with your mobile phone and send photos to WeChat public numbers in about a minute Print photos on the machine for free.This printer is called the 'suction artifact' on the Internet, often used by businesses to promote their own WeChat public number.Some users find themselves sweeping is clearly a company's two-dimensional code, but inexplicable Concerned about the number of WeChat public account, and these public numbers send spam and advertisements every day, so there are citizens worried that this 'free lunch' may be the user's privacy risk.

Related parties, WeChat Photo Printer hardware costs about 3,000 yuan each, the monthly operation and maintenance costs about a few hundred dollars. And to provide a variety of restaurants do not charge extra fees. So, how to make such profit printer business What?
It is reported that there are currently 1,600 WeChat photo printers in Beijing, most of which are located in shopping malls, restaurants, supermarkets, universities, etc. According to the data displayed in the background, these devices in Beijing help the public to take powder 5 daily 000. Currently there are more than 6,000 WeChat public account Kung Fu beans platform. 'Kung Fu beans profit model is to take the amount of the current average daily market in the country to print photos from 800,000 to 1 million, weekend printing 1.5 million photos, suction An average of about 1 yuan powder, which means that the corresponding public number up to a day when an additional 1.5 million fans.

It has been reported that 80% of the costs relying on marketing public numbers will be allocated to downstream equipment suppliers for machine operating costs and post-maintenance. "We can use one machine to help multiple merchant marketers, mainly relying on this part of the co-promotion costs Profitable. 'Some users post Tucao,' just finished printing photos two days ago, the result is always a stranger to add friends, the public number is always push ads. 'Is this WeChat photo printer will reveal personal information?
It is reported that a perennial photo printer software and hardware services, said Mr. Liu, after the user did indeed print the photo through the WeChat, his WeChat was stolen, and then in his Weixin friends inside a variety of bank card issued Account requires someone to play money phenomenon.

In response to this phenomenon, Mr. Liu said: 'Since the end of last year, our platform has cleared more than 80 personal public numbers, because some of these personal numbers easily leaked user privacy, triggering disputes, and if the user information is a big gain lead to disclosure, No one dared to pay attention to the public number to print photos, then our 'sucking artifact' is not god. '