What's up with the Lenovo-esq "ThinkDSS" logo in the top right?
Dahua's Custom China Army VMS, Deletes Evidence
Published Dec 21, 2022 12:31 PM
Dahua has a customized VMS for the PRC Army (PLA) that Dahua touts being used by military personnel in Hong Kong and Tibet.
Dahua refused to respond to IPVM's questions about its military VMS, instead deleting the online evidence.
After Dahua was deemed a Chinese Military Company by the US and IPVM investigated its military partnerships, Dahua said it is a "private sector" firm with no current PLA deals.
In this post, IPVM examines the solution and Dahua's pattern of hiding evidence.
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Comments (4)
UI
Undisclosed Integrator #1
Dec 27, 2022UI
Undisclosed Integrator #2
Dec 27, 2022To be fair, logo design is hard, so why not just steal somebody else's...
Here is a comparison of the two logos, along with some text attempting to match the font:
Based on this, I think the "ThinkDSS" logo is using Haettenschweiler. Not quite the same as Lenovo's font, but the red dot above the i is clearly an imitation.
Charles Rollet
Dec 28, 2022DSS means Dahua Security System (DSS) however I couldn't find other references to "ThinkDSS" online. Maybe it was an internal logo.
Related, PRC video surveillance firms sometimes copy better-known tech company slogans. For example Intel (unsuccessfully) sued Uniview for copying the Intel Inside logo ("IMOS Inside"):
RS
Robert Shih
Aug 21, 2023Par for the course at this point, but the general public still needs to be made aware. Good reporting.
Just noticed this is old... This interface has me thinking I'm reading breaking news sometimes. Sheesh.