Axis Cameras Riddled With Vulnerabilities

Well said. The type of vulnerability says a lot too. A magic query string in the URL (backdoor) makes me question everything the manufacturer knows about security and their efforts to produce and audit secure products. A complex vulnerability requiring the chaining of multiple exploits or a vulnerability in widely used libraries for protocols like SSL/TLS or RTSP are an inevitability that we should watch for and respond to accordingly.

When a pattern of low sophistication exploits emerges along with poor communication and defensiveness, it's enough to put me off before bringing politics into the discussion.

Hikvision is never going to shed criticism over government sponsorship, and I would expect the Chinese government and customers to be weary of products developed by companies with similar links to the US government for example. Heck, as a US citizen I'd be concerned about putting US government sponsored networked hardware on my network too. But taking responsibility for their mistakes, communicating them responsibly without juvenile jabs at naysayers and allowing their cyber security director to operate as more than a hood ornament would go a long way toward repairing their reputation.

I hereby would like to coin a new term

Done.