The distance between buildings is only 5m. How to protect your privacy?

From the perspective of family safety, we have written about fire escape, earthquake self-help and typhoon weather prevention measures. We have also talked about sound insulation from the perspective of privacy, but we rarely consider how to ensure that the pictures of family life are not leaked. Let's eliminate this hidden danger together today!

Privacy protection? How hard is it? ?

In Hongkong, there is a hotel-whitefield 2 1 Street 2 1 Weifei Road Hotel, which looks like this. ?

▲ TWENTY ONE WHITFIELD, source: official website +ins?

Large floor-to-ceiling glass, bed near the window, almost zero distance from Victoria Harbour. It looks expensive. It's really expensive. The price per night is about HK$ 65,438+0,400, excluding service charge. ?

Because the scenery is so good, it attracts many online celebrities to punch in, and all kinds of clothes are exposed to shoot private movies. The result was exposed by the news, and the hotel glass was not treated. You can clearly see the situation of the guest room in the next building, and you can also take photos that are not suitable for children with your mobile phone.

▲ Exposure news screenshot, source:?

Privacy security issues not only appear in hotels, but also need to be considered at home. ?

For example, Bill Gates and his wife bought a mansion of 1 1 around their own mansion in order to give families a "buffer zone" to protect family privacy. Now almost the entire Medina Peninsula near the lake is their property. ?

▲ Gates' residence, source: geekview.com?

In addition to politicians, rich people and celebrities, ordinary people also need to cultivate this awareness, especially those who live on 1 and 2 floors. People who come and go can see the indoor situation through the window. Or places where buildings are closely spaced and have high building density.

▲ For example, this old banlou, source: house.sina.com?

? The window?

Windows are the only way to ensure the ventilation and lighting of the house. The bigger the window, the more points the house gets. ?

Especially when it comes to French windows, you will immediately think of the bright sunshine in the morning, the warm wind in the afternoon and the bustling scene of the city after nightfall. At present, No.432 Park Avenue, the most expensive and highest apartment in new york, focuses on oversized floor-to-ceiling windows and 360-degree Manhattan landscape without dead ends.

▲ No.432 Park Avenue, source: ins?

But windows are the soft underbelly of building warmth, and friends in the north can't enjoy the large French windows like those in the south. Some fans in Heilongjiang left a message saying that they don't like big windows, because it means that more warm measures are needed in winter. ?

The windows we use in our daily life, whether ordinary glass, tempered glass, multi-layer laminated glass, bullet-proof glass ... although there are differences in heat insulation, sound insulation and warmth, they are all transparent glass on both sides. To ensure privacy, you need to stick something on the window. ?

? Living room, bedroom?

Curtains are the easiest way ~ there is no magical principle, just cover them. ?

The gauze curtain can play a good role in shielding without affecting ventilation and privacy. You can choose to install only one layer of gauze curtain in the living room, which not only ensures basic privacy, but also saves money. In the bedroom, you can add a sunshade curtain to create a good environment for sleeping. ?

Bathroom?

There are two simple ways to go to the bathroom. One is to use glass with a rough surface, such as frosted glass.

▲ Glass with unsmooth surface will not directly transmit light. Source: pinterest?

Second, blinds/waterproof roller blinds, even if you open the window for ventilation, don't worry. ?

▲ A good-looking shutter door can also make the bathroom instantly raise the air. Source: houzz

▲ Or a simple shutter that protects privacy without affecting ventilation. Source: houzz

In addition to these two methods, which are easy to realize in China, we often see a practice in American dramas and American movies, which is half-hidden and half-exposed.

▲ The lower part is covered with frosted glass film. Source: Immigration Bureau.

▲ Indoor window protection is added at the lower part. Source: pinterest

However, this method is not recommended to be installed on the lower floor, because the residents of the opposite high-rise building can still see the situation inside the house through the upper part of the house. ?

? Kitchen?

What about the kitchen? It seems that few families have considered the kitchen window, which is actually ignored by most families in China. It may be because most of the kitchens in the past were closed kitchens, even if the kitchen windows were large, it was ok to close the doors. ?

However, as more and more families choose the open kitchen, we have to consider the weakness of the kitchen. ?

Because of the oil smoke problem, the curtains in the bedroom living room and the blinds in the bathroom are not good choices. At this time, we can consider sticking a film on the outer window to turn ordinary glass into one-way visible glass. ?

The most common way is to use one-way perspective film (also called mirror mask), which is a common appearance of glass exterior walls in buildings. The market price is about 50- 150 yuan/square meter. ?

▲ The glass film is gradually changing color, and the external wall presents different effects in sunny conditions. Source: ins?

The glass film of American 3M Company is a good choice. The company applied for the first patent technology of window film in 1966. ?

Can it be universal?

In addition to the different ways of recommendation for different regions, there are some that can be used universally. ?

It is a common and useful way to replace ordinary screen window with diamond screen window, which is equivalent to wearing a layer of sunglasses on the window at home, which can not only prevent theft, but also ensure ventilation and lighting in the house. But looking in from the outside, because the light is blocked, it is very bright outside and very dark inside. From the outside, you can't see the situation in the house, but you can only see darkness.

▲ The farther away, the less clear. Source: wf-bfmc.com?

In addition, it is a popular window protection device in Europe, especially in France. Set sound insulation, heat insulation, anti-theft, privacy protection, beauty in one, exquisite and lovely.

How deep is the influence of French window guard culture? Let's just say that in Vietnam, window guards can still be seen everywhere in roadside houses. ?

▲ Vietnamese roadside houses, bold and romantic color matching, with wooden window sills. Source: Living in Fan's Self-portrait

The neglected door?

Unexpectedly, the door is also a channel for family privacy to leak. ?

After watching too many social news, I can always see the news that "the cat's eye of the couple hotel is upside down, and men and women are being peeped". At this time, did you check whether your cat's eye was installed backwards, and found that the installation program was installed correctly, well, it was excellent! Then open Taobao and search for "cat's eye nemesis". Do you still think your home is safe when you can buy a cat's eye speculum for less than 100 yuan?

▲ Cat's eye speculum, source: Taobao?

Let's share my own low-cost solution. Stick a post-it note on the cat's eye in the indoor direction, and you can see it when you need it. When not in use, this is the simplest but most effective protective barrier. ?

In addition, some security doors have their own cat's eye safety bolts, and you need to open the partition from indoors to use the cat's eye, but I don't think it is as convenient as my method (proud face).

▲ Super practical post-it notes, source: live in fans and take photos by yourself?

Another effective method is electronic cat's eye. ?

It integrates visual intercom, motion detection, infrared night vision and other functions, which is very safe and easy to use, and compared with other smart devices, it is really completely harmless to the family. ?

Cat's eye is the weakness of the whole security door. The old cat's eye can be unscrewed from the outside and then opened the security door with tools. Specifically, we have written it before, and poke it here for review.

Smart devices?

There have been many discussions and controversies about the security of smart devices, especially the security leakage incident of smart cameras exposed by 16 CCTV, which pushed these controversies to a high point, and the 360 water drop platform was closed because of the controversy. ?

In the third episode of the third season of Black Mirror, an English drama that I like very much (some translated into Dance of Black Letters), the man recorded some secrets of himself because his computer camera was hacked, and hackers threatened it. It's no accident that the man became the puppet of hacker crime. There are many people who have become puppets like men. ?

Although this is a brain hole drama, the problems reflected in it are actually in our lives. ?

We use smart cameras, the original intention is for the safety of the elderly, children, pets and finances at home, but the ending may be to actively broadcast our family life. ?

On the one hand, the security of the smart device itself remains to be verified, such as the difficulty of ip address exposure, whether the password is weak, whether the data transmission is encrypted, whether the data stored on the platform is safe, whether the user has changed the initial password set by the manufacturer, and whether the firmware is updated in time ... On the other hand, what hackers and criminals will do driven by interests or hobbies is beyond our control.

▲ How far is smart home? Source: othome.com?

? Summary?

To sum up, in order to ensure the safety of family privacy, from the perspective of the house itself, we need to grasp the weak points of the house (such as doors and windows), and from the perspective of ourselves, we should pay attention to every bit of life. ?

For example, do you have the habit of erasing the information on the outer packaging after receiving the express delivery and takeaway? ?

▲ Recommend an artifact, Taobao search "information cover chapter", source: Taobao?

Have you read the license agreement carefully every time you authorize your mobile phone and other smart devices? ?

Some people say that "every time a smart device is added at home, there is one more leaked channel for family privacy". what do you think?

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