IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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Latin American NGOs Denounce 'Perverse' Facial Recognition

A consortium of 11 Latin American NGOs, released a report on what it labels as "perverse" facial recognition implementations by nine Latin American...

By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago | 2 Comments

Hytera Indicted On Criminal Charges, Email Shows "We Are Trying To Grab Whatever We Can" From Motorola

The US government has charged Hytera with conspiracy to commit trade secret theft backed by emails from Hytera that explain how they are trying to...

By IPVM - over 2 years ago | 3 Comments

SIA Holding Sham Election

The Security Industry Association is holding a sham election after last year committing to improvements, though SIA tells IPVM such changes were...

By John Honovich - over 2 years ago | 9 Comments

Big Brother Watch Calls For UK Ban of Dahua and Hikvision

Privacy group Big Brother Watch is calling for Hikvision and Dahua to be fully banned from the UK, part of a new report titled "Who's Watching You?...

By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago | 2 Comments

Aventura Sues End User Plus Alleges FBI Owes Them $361,000

While Aventura and its executives are being prosecuted for fraud, Aventura alleges that customers, including the FBI, have wronged them. Aventura...

By Isabella Cheng - over 2 years ago | 11 Comments

Favorite VMS/NVR Manufacturers 2022

2022 has a new #1 in this category from a company that is far well less known than competitors who historically have won. We received votes...

By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago | 18 Comments

Honeywell, Dahua, Deception And Endangering US Security

Honywell has flagrantly endangered US security for years, with its hidden relabelling of PRC-made, NDAA-banned, and sanctioned Dahua products, only...

By John Honovich - over 2 years ago | 10 Comments

RemoteLock Raises $17.8 Million, Aims To Be Standard For Universal Access Control

Contrary to platforms like Latch and Verkada that require using their own proprietary hardware, RemoteLock focuses on customers using and...

By Louis Cid and Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago | 5 Comments

FCC Commissioner Warns About Purchasing Products From Firms on Threat List

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told IPVM that US businesses still dealing in Hikua products should be warned, indicating that anyone buying and...

By Conor Healy - over 2 years ago | 57 Comments

BCD And Genetec Breakup

One of the biggest VMS developers and one of the biggest video surveillance server providers have ended their long-standing partnership providing...

By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago | 32 Comments

Honeywell Drops Dahua, Cites Impending FCC Ban

After years of deceiving consumers by hiding relabelled Dahua products, Honeywell is now discontinuing the NDAA-banned, and impending FCC-banned...

By Ilya Ignatenko - over 2 years ago | 7 Comments

Vehicle Gate Access Control Guide

Vehicle gate access control demands integrating various systems, such as high voltage electrical, concrete modification, trenching, welding, and...

By Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago | 11 Comments

Integrated IR Face Rec Problems Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - over 2 years ago

Axon Alleges To Supreme Court FTC is Unconstitutional Over Blocked Acquisition

Axon attempted to acquire a competitor but the FTC tried to block it. The matter is now at the center of a Supreme Court case where Axon alleges...

By Isabella Cheng - over 2 years ago | 2 Comments

DJI Lied About PRC Government Investments, Adheres To Xi Jinping Thought

DJI lied when it claimed it had not received "any Chinese government investments," failing to disclose at least four PRC government investors while...

By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago | 2 Comments

CEIA Beats Evolv For Illinois School District

While Evolv raised $500 million last year, far less well-known CEIA recently beat Evolv with the School District disclosing in great detail the...

By Nikita Ermolaev - over 2 years ago | 7 Comments

Favorite and Worst Video Analytics Providers 2022

Video analytic use is rising and going mainstream but what companies are the favorite and worst choices of integrators? How did these choices...

By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago | 14 Comments

Ingram Micro, PSA, And ScanSource Drop Hikvision USA

A trio of major distributors, Ingram Micro, PSA Security Network, and ScanSource, have recently dropped Hikvision, the NDAA-banned, and impending...

By Ilya Ignatenko - over 2 years ago | 12 Comments

Irish City Fined $120,000+ for 400+ Camera System Violating GDPR

Ireland's data protection watchdog has reprimanded and fined one of the country's biggest cities over $120,000 for non-compliance with GDPR and...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago | 4 Comments

Knightscope Goes Public, Plunges, Then Rockets, Then Falls

On its first day of NASDAQ trading, Knightscope's stock plunged 40%, but on the second day, it rocketed up and in weekend after-hours trading the...

By John Honovich - over 2 years ago | 52 Comments

Corsight’s Upcoming DNA to FACE: 'Terrifying' Warns Privacy Expert

Corsight plans to release a new product that combines DNA and face recognition technology and could have significant law enforcement and privacy...

By Donald Maye - over 2 years ago | 8 Comments

Access Control Commissioning / Install Checklist

This 87-point checklist helps end users, integrators, and consultants verify that access control installation is complete. This checklist...

By Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago | 7 Comments

Sunflower Labs Raises $15 Million, Pivots to Commercial/Industrial

Hit by the Pandemic, Sunflower Labs was on the verge of going out of business, however, the company pivoted from its original residential focus to...

By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago | 3 Comments

ONVIF Hides Dahua And Hikvision Test Tool Blockage

While Dahua and Hikvision have been blocked from obtaining ONVIF conformance for nearly 2 years, ONVIF is hiding this on its own website, causing...

By John Honovich - over 2 years ago

Vintra Co-Appearance Search Examined

Silicon Valley AI developer Vintra has released "co-appearance" search, which allows users to locate subjects frequently appearing with a person of...

By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago | 4 Comments

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