What is the crime of installing eavesdropping equipment?

Legal analysis: installing a bug violates the privacy of others, and any unauthorized use of special equipment to eavesdrop or sneak shots is illegal. It mainly includes two situations: first, the right to use the special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos, and the unauthorized use of the special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos; Second, unauthorized use of special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos. Of course, if the actor illegally eavesdrops or steals photos by using ordinary recording and photographic equipment, it does not constitute this crime.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.

Article 283 Whoever illegally produces or sells special equipment for spies or special equipment for eavesdropping or stealing photos shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 284 Whoever illegally uses special equipment for eavesdropping or stealing photos, thus causing serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.