After little than 20 years he returned to Poland shooting ban military facilities, connected to a confinement facility strategic sitessuch as airports, railway stations, hospitals, ports, bridges is transmission infrastructure. In 2006, the army explained that in the Google era, the ban in its present form became meaningless. Now, in context Russia's imperial urgesShe changed her mind.
Ban for photos showing the appearance up to 25,000 locations It's been in force since Thursday. In order to apply somewhere, the manager of a given object must hang special plaque of a circumstantial formulaas described in the order of the Minister of Defence. The ban itself allowed Amendment of the Law on Defence of the Motherland of 2023. Back then, it ruled. PiSand the regulation has already issued a policy PSL. Detailed rules discussed Here..
The ban on shooting returned to Poland. Are drivers and rail and aircraft enthusiasts going to get hurt?
Less than 2 years ago, we wrote in Interia that the victims of police suspicion are among others. Railway lovers, train photographers. Although the ban did not apply at the time, since the Minister of The United Right did not issue a appropriate regulation on the template of the plaque, hobbyists were asked whether they had Russian or Ukrainian citizenship. There's even been a situation where action against 1 of them ABW entered.
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After the fresh decision of the head of the MON in this environment, concerns about dealings with police, railwaymen is The Railway Protection Guard. The same applies to Planespotters, that is, aviation enthusiasts, lurking with cameras close the port fence, hoping to execute as beautiful as possible an ascending or landing machine.
There's more to the story: what if the signed bridge appears in the background of 1 of respective twelve photographs from a vacation journey to 1 of the Polish cities? In addition, there was no deficiency of fear that erstwhile entering the viaduct – qualified as critical infrastructure – drivers will gotta turn off car cams. Anxiety is aggravated by strategical list of points for Poland She wasn't made public.
No shooting. Who's gonna go after for uploading the photos online?
With questions, we go to Prof. Artur Gruszczakwhich there is no uncertainty that erstwhile introducing solutions specified as shooting ban, 1 must know the moderation – especially in the 21st century digital world, and besides with the threat in the East. As she recalls, almost everyone European has present connected to the network mobile phone, equipped with a camera with good resolution.
– We can consider it reasonable. Protection of military facilities and critical infrastructure, due to the fact that the threat of diversion and subversion exists, and on the another hand, what consequences could specified a ban have? If individual puts a photograph online against him, Who's going after it?? – the head of the National safety Department of the Jagiellonian University wonders in an interview with Interia.
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Our interviewer reminds us that in police, peculiar services, even city guards Poland has “serious deficits”in terms of employment. – In this situation I can't imagine effective action., even if you can detect who photographed strategical objects utilizing monitoring devices. The procedures will last a long time anyway," he emphasises.
The PRL falsified the map of Warsaw. present it would be unnecessary
According to Prof. Gruszczak, “if we are talking about a crucial threat, it comes from people who are premeditated to undertake diversion‘, and not necessarily by accidentally taking photographs. – Let us not be deceived, the services of abroad states – especially hostile – They have excellent insight. The forms of their intelligence activities are different, specified as satellite imaging or signal recognition," he says.
In 1955 he appeared "Plan of central districts of Warsaw" – different due to the fact that with many lies. For then the authority did not want the enemy to fall into the hands of a strategy that runs through the capital railway linesWhere are they? bridges for trains and precisely what area any of the facilities are occupying. On the map, the scale was falsified, the streets were drawn that no 1 had always seen, and part of the crossings over Vistula simply erased.
Such a procedure in our day is improbable to work. The head of the UJ National safety Department argues that the territory of Poland is ‘exactly mapped in terms of the location and validity of the objects", so possible enemies realize what is and where it is. Is it so easier to ban shooting strategical places at all Polish Army State protection?
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– These provisions service to prevent, that is, discouragement of illegal activities and temptation easy earning For specified simple activities. They besides have a repressive intent – if individual with hostile intentions is in the scope of monitoring, taking action, there will be a reason to halt him. The recorded material will then become the basis for a later possible conviction," explains the expert.
They're grounded to take pictures. Common sense will be the most important?
Prof. Gruszczak asked whether hanging on any object a sign concerning the prohibition of taking photographs, while not letting possible spies know that there is something crucial in the area, he admitted that this could work “in spite‘. “If individual notices the place marked in this way, they can attract them,” he admits.
But as it adds, it will be crucial appropriate training and preparation those who will defender the recently introduced rules. – What else is School tripand individual else showing clear signs of large interest an object. In fresh months, there have been stories that Russian services have recruited those willing to photograph for example railway infrastructure is transports to Ukraine – he says.
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He emphasizes that specified amateur spies were easy persuaded by strangers for various reasons. special services. It was not necessarily the payment mentioned above – the motive was ideology either cultural issues. In the meantime, cognition of activities carried out in closed territories – ground or military bases – should not be available to the general public.
Expert: Either a ban on photography or a dystopian imagination of society
In Interia, Prof. Gruszczak estimates that shooting ban is not so much the best option present to prevent enemies from acquiring valuable data, but "the best available". – another possibilities go into advanced technologies, saturation with cameras, optoelectronic devices, biometric technologies or recognition by means of biometric markers – mentions.
Such an alternate option would, according to him, let for the creation of a ‘map of threats’, topographical mapping of places where the sources of possible hazards are thickening. He besides points out that this would lead us to a dystopian imagination of a society surviving under constant control in the name of the fight against crime, disciplined as present in China.
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Law prohibiting shooting critical infrastructure provides a gateway: you can apply for approval to take photos or recordings, utilizing an application submitted in electronic or paper form. It must contain many data and the applicable authorities have 14 days to consider it. Additionally, the implementation of photographs will should be supervised.
It's scary erstwhile we look, What a punishment for breaking the ban on shooting. The court may decide to fines up to PLN 5 thousand or even detention up to 30 days. In addition, the rules let for the anticipation of a device that has taken photographs or recordings. It's both private phonesand professional cameras.
Viktor Kazanecki
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