Do you know "LINE", the most popular SNS in Japan. This risky SNS has finally been brought in dispute.
When I got to know about "LINE" a few years ago, I looked for the information on LINE on the net and found the fact that its server was placed in South Korea. Japan's Personal Information Protection Law is in effect only in Japan. That is to say, the LINE-users' personal information are surely stolen by South Korea. Since I found the fact, I've warned people around me, but most people were indifferent to my advice. Under the threat of the Wuhan virus infection, the Matsuyama Century Lions Club, to which I belong, has held online meetings using "LINE" for the recent several months, but I didn't want to use "LINE" and have been absent.
The Japanese Government banned the use of "LINE" in government agencies. It's very natural, but the decision was too late. I knew from the prime minister that the maintenance of the LINE's server was done by China. What a lax risk management it is!
Today, I found an interesting news item on the net. It says that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned governmental and military personnel from driving Tesla Cars in the premises of their offices. I assumed that it must be due to the battery's firing accident which happened the other day, but according to the reporter, the CCP is concerned over built-in 9 cameras (8:outside 1:inside) and sound recording functions of all Tesla Cars. The CEO of the Tesla Company denied the collection of those data, but the CCP might have suspected that the U.S. would do the same thing as the CCP do.
(Vocabulary)
Personal Information Protection Law 個人情報保護法
lax〈態度・規制などが〉 甘い, 手ぬるい, 緩い
be lax in (doing) something ＜…＞（すること）に対して手ぬるい
数年前、ＬＩＮＥの情報を探すと、サーバーが韓国に置かれていることがわかった。個人情報保護法は日本国内にしか適応されない。ということは個人情報が韓国政府に抜き取られてしまうということになる。そのときから周囲にＬＩＮＥは危険だと話してきた。ほとんどの人は僕の警告に無関心だった。武漢ウイルス感染を恐れ所属するライオンズクラブはＬＩＮＥを使ってオンラインミーティングをしてきた。僕はどうしてもＬＩＮＥを使う気になれず、ずっと欠席状態。
昨日、菅総理が政府機関でのＬＩＮＥの使用を禁止すると発表をした。これでやっと周囲にもわかってもらえる。その際に知ったのだが、韓国のサーバーのメンテはなんとＣＣＰが行っている。なんという危機管理の甘さよ。
そして今日、興味深いニュースを見つけた。ＣＣＰが政府関係者、軍関係者にテスラ社に乗ることを禁止したという。先日のバッテリー発火事故のためかと思いきや、記者によると、テスラについているカメラ９台（８台は外、１台は中）と録音機能が問題になっているのだろうという。自分たちがＬＩＮＥを使って情報を集めているからアメリカを同じことをしていると考えたのだろうか?
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