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San Francisco Face Recognition Ban And Surveillance Regulation Details Examined

San Francisco passed the legislation 8-1 today. While the face recognition 'ban' has already received significant attention over the past few...

By IPVM Team - about 5 years ago | 24 Comments

Security Fail: ASISNYC Auto Emails Passwords In Plain Text

ASIS NYC automatically emails a user with the password the user just entered, in plain text, when one registers for the site / event, as the...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 13 Comments

Hikvision VP On Muslim Oppression

Hikvision has won tens of millions of dollars, at least, in direct contracts with the Chinese government that oppresses Muslims, including a forced...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 77 Comments

China PRC Government New National Video Surveillance Standards

The People's Republic of China (PRC) government has released a new set of overarching standards for authorities to follow when they install video...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 5 Comments

Bluecherry Open Sources Entire VMS

Bluecherry announced they have "released the entire Bluecherry software application open source with a GPL license". We spoke to Bluecherry's...

By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 2 Comments

Closed Cloud Cameras Trashed

When you buy a camera, do you own it? Not anymore. In the world of closed cloud cameras, you may think you are buying a camera but all you are...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 27 Comments

'Independent' Security Consultant Organization Sells Off Speaking Slots To Manufacturers

The International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) have sold numerous speaking slots to manufacturers. This is part of...

By John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 13 Comments

Vivotek Talks About Taiwan, China, Bans, AI And Business Development

Vivotek, Taiwan's biggest manufacturer by revenue, did not have a booth at Taiwan's Secutech 2019 (which we are covering). However,...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago | 7 Comments

Mining Company Security Manager Interview

First Quantum Minerals Limited (FQML) is a global enterprise with offices on 4 continents and operations in 7 countries with exploratory operations...

By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago | 3 Comments

11 Facial Recognition Providers Review (Secutech)

Adding to our 19 Facial Recognition Providers Profiled report from ISC West, IPVM focused on facial recognition technology for our Day 2 coverage...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago

Proxy Access Control Tested

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By Brian Rhodes - about 5 years ago | 7 Comments

Verkada False Allegations Against Avigilon Exposed

Verkada has leveled false allegations against Avigilon, as part of their aggressive marketing tactics against the 'dinosaurs' in the 'ancient'...

By John Honovich and Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 63 Comments

Secutech Taipei 2019 Show Report, Impacted By Expected Hikua Ban

IPVM went to Taipei to attend SecuTech 2019: The most significant new development at the show is Dahua and Hikvision pulling out after many...

By Charles Rollet - about 5 years ago

Hikvision DeepinView Camera Analytics Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 5 years ago | 15 Comments

ADT's Top Dealer "The Defenders" Sued 20+ Times

ADT's largest authorized dealer, The Defenders, has been sued more than 20 times since 2012, IPVM has verified through analyzing legal...

By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago | 2 Comments

Actuate (formerly Aegis AI) Gun Detection Video Analytics Startup

Gun detection analytic startups are increasing as the promise of AI and the threats of active shooters grow. One company, Actuate (formerly Aegis...

By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago | 24 Comments

Dahua and Hikvision Products Illegally Sold To US Government GSA

Dahua and Hikvision products are being widely and illegally sold to the US government GSA. The sellers are falsely claiming these China products to...

By Dan Gelinas and John Honovich - about 5 years ago | 18 Comments

Restaurant Security Manager Interview

Wright’s Gourmet House in Tampa, Florida has been around for over 50 years. During most of that time, there were no security measures in place. Now...

By Dan Gelinas - about 5 years ago | 5 Comments